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“ 7/2 sse gigantic and beneficial works are accomplished without any tax on 
existing properties." Symons. 


HISTORY 


AND 

ADVANTAGES 


OF THE 


Canal and Harbor Improvement Project Now 

Being* Executed by tlie 


Seattle and Lake Washington 
Waterway Company 


With an Appendix Containing- Pertinent Historical 

Documents 


SEATTLE, WASH., June 1902 


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PRESS OF 

Lowman <k Hanford Stationery and Printing Co 
Seattle, Wash. 






OFFICERS 


Eugene Semple - - - President 

Andrew Hemrich - - Vice-President 

Edgar Ames - - - General Manager 

Major Thos. W. Symons, - (U. S. Engineers,) 

Consulting Engineer 

Julius F. Hale - - General Counsel 

Will H. Parry - - Auditor 

George M. Paschall - - Secretary 



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TABLE OF CONTENTS 


Page. 

Objects of pamphlet . 5 

Need for improvements . 5 

History of ship canal and harbor improvements. 6 

The argument of Seattle’s future . 8 

Seattle’s present handicap . 9 

Remedy for the handicap . 9 

The remedy being applied by the Waterway Co. 9 

First formulation of the plan. 10 

Legislative history of the Act of March 9, 1893. 10 

History of the contract between the State and the Waterway Co_ 11 

First struggle to gain attention for the project. 12 

Organization of the Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Co. 12 

Great pains taken by Gov. McGraw to protect public and private 

interests . 13 

First efforts at financing . 14 

Committee of Mississippi Valley Trust Co. visits Seattle and is 

entertained by Chamber of Commerce . 14 

Committee reports favorably and Trust Company agrees to furnish 

funds . 15 

Raising the subsidy of half a million dollars. 15 

Committee of prominent citizens appraise subsidy. 16 

The inauguration of the work. 16 

The Waterway Company keeps good faith. 17 

World-wide notoriety given to Seattle on account of the subsidy... 18 

Legal complications cause temporary suspension of the work. 18 

Reorganization of the Company’s financial scheme. 18 

Plans approved by State and National governments. 19 

Statement of official approvals and court decisions. 19 

State of Washington extends time on contracts. 20 

Progress of work under daily observation of the people. 21 

South Canal logical outcome of situation at Seatt'e. 21 

Expansion of City provided for by South Canal. 22 

Great advantages of South Canal. 22 

Advantages to Duwamish Valley and Squak Slough. 23 

Attack on bona fides of Company. .. 23 

Reasons why South Canal will be built into Lake Washington. 24 

Great railway companies support South Canal. 24 

Improved navigation of Duwamish River. 25 

Endorsements of South Canal by distinguished engineers. 25 

Value of tide lands to be filled. 27 

Situation at Seattle same as at San Francisco and Boston. 28 

Cost of fill less than that of a wharf. 28 

The East India trade. 28 

Summary . 29 










































APPENDIX. 


Page. 


Different routes of Canal.. 31 

Canal must be dug or lands remain unfilled. 32 

Filling done at San Francisco and Boston. 34 

Report of Naval Board . 36 

Analysis of Act of March 9, 1893. 39 

Petition of tide-land claimants . 39 

Work authorized by Secretary of War. 40 

Letter of subsidy committee to absent land owners. 42 

Copy of subsidy note. 43 

Report of committee to appraise subsidy ... 43 

List of subscribers to subsidy. 44 

Comparison of cost of wharf with solid fill. 65 


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HISTORY 


AND ADVANTAGES 


OF THE 

Canal and Harbor Improvement Project now being 
"Executed by The Seattle and Take Washington 

Waterway Company 


Since the inauguration of work on the South Canal, in 
1895, the City of Seattle has nearly doubled its population 
and the State of Washington has also increased its population 
in a remarkable ratio. 

These newcomers necessarily lack knowledge in regard 
to matters pertaining to the period before they arrived and 
it is the intention of this pamphlet to furnish them informa¬ 
tion in regard to the history of the lake canal, and harbor 
improvement project of the Seattle & Lake Washington 
Water Company. 

It is also hoped that the facts set out herein may serve 
to refresh the memories of many gentlemen of the older pop¬ 
ulation who, in the press of other business, have apparently 
forgotten the events, of 1895 an d the P art tfmy took therein 
themselves. 

Need for the Improvements. 

That Lake Washington should be connected with Elliott 
Bay by a canal of sufficient size to float the largest ships, is 
as obvious to the more than 100,000 residents of Seattle, as 
it was to the first white man who landed on the shores of the 
bay, and made his way through the primeval forest to the 
lake. 

The chief reason why a canal should be constructed is 
because of the immense advantages which would accrue to 
Seattle in commercial and maritime ways. It would give this 
City all of the advantages which would result from having 
the best fresh water harbor in the world, connected by a 
straight canal, only two miles long, with the salt water high¬ 
way of the Pacific. 



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History of Seattle Ship Canal and Harbor Improvement. 


The project of connecting Lake Washington with tide water had 
been the darling wish of Seattle’s people for a long time, and they 
had frequently petitioned the Federal Government for an appropria¬ 
tion, but without avail, except for a survey of the route by way of 
Shil-Shole and Salmon Bays. Tired of the long delay, the people of 
Seattle began considering projects for inaugurating the work them¬ 
selves. In pursuance of that idea, the Seattle Brewing & Malting Com¬ 
pany, in 1894, proposed the organization of a corporation for carrying 
on the work. From the letter of the Brewing & Malting Company, 
which was addressed to the Chamber of Commerce, we make the fol¬ 
lowing extracts: 

“Dear Sirs: It seems to us (the Trustees of the Seattle Brewing 
and Malting Company), that it is high time, in view of the industrial 
depression existing here as elsewhere, for the merchants and business 
men generally of Seattle to get together, and, if possible, by a mani¬ 
festation of the old Seattle spirit, revive business so far as possible 
in this section. We think it a self-evident fact that no single propo¬ 
sition would help Seattle so much as the building of the Lake Wash¬ 
ington ship canal. We also think it a self-evident fact that it is use¬ 
less to expect national aid in the building of this canal, for several 
years at least. We would suggest that a company be legally incor¬ 
porated for this purpose, with representative men as trustees, and 
that they work on something like the following scheme: 

“First. Secure the right of way. 

“Second. Get as large a land and money (cash or notes) subsidy 
as possible. 

“Third. Secure subscriptions extending over thirty (30) months, 
from every corporation and business man in Seattle. 

“We think a subsidy could be obtained of more than the cost of 
the canal. 

“The canal should be built in the best and most thorough manner, 
under the direction, if possible, of a capable government engineer, 

with the idea of eventually selling the same to the national govern¬ 
ment, as was done some years ago in the case of the Louisville canal. 

“To show our belief in the proposition, we will subscribe for thirty 
Tthousand dollars ($30,000.00) of the capital stock of such a company, 
said subscription being payable at the rate of one thousand ($1,000.00) 
dollars a month.” 

This letter was signed by Andrew Hemrich, W. J. Grambs, E. F. 
Sweeney, F. Kirschner, Geo. F. Gund, R. R. Spencer, D. N. Baxter. 

Of this proposition the Seattle Daily Telegraph had the following 
to say in its editorial columns. 

“The proposition which the Seattle Brewing and Malting Company 

have addressed to the Chamber of Commerce is one that will attract 
a great deal of attention. The offer of a subscription of $30,000 towards 

the canal is a very liberal one. True the company would expect to 


History of Seattle Ship Canal and Harbor Improvement. 7 


receive their money back again in increased business as the work 
progresses, but that would be the case with any one who put money 
into that enterprise by way of subscription to the capital stock or 
subsidy. The Telegraph long ago pointed out that this was the only 
way by which the construction of the canal can be assured within any 
reasonable length of time. When we said so some of the very wise 
people laughed at us. They have done laughing long ago.” 

On reading the letter of the Brewing and Malting Company in the 
Telegraph and the favorable editorial comment of that paper, Mr. 
Semple immediately sought out Mr. Hemrich, President of the Seattle 
Brewing & Malting Company, and explained the project for the South 
Canal. As stated hereafter, Mr. Hemrich immediately took it up, and 
his example was followed by citizens of Seattle generally. It will be 
thus seen that at the time when the Seattle & Lake Washington Water¬ 
way Company appeared on the scene all hope of Government aid had 
been abandoned, and the people of Seattle were in the temper of build¬ 
ing the canal themselves. They thereupon enthusiastically indorsed the 
practical proposition for the South Canal and raised the half million 
subsidy in a few days. They thus practically looked to the Waterway 
Company for a realization of their hopes for a canal, and by the public 
utterances of the newspapers, and more than two thousand of the 
leading citizens, expressed their belief in, and pledged their support 
to the South Canal. 

The Weekly Post Intelligencer of Feb. 14th, 1895, in a long article 
under the head of “The South Canal Enterprise,” after recounting the 
various steps that had been taken by the promoters, wound up as fol¬ 
lows: 

“With the inauguration of this great work of harbor improvement 
which, under the contract, is to begin on March 1st, a brighter area 
will dawn, not only for Seattle, but for the neighboring cities and for 
the whole Puget Sound Country, for its good effects cannot but extend 
over a wider area than the immediate scene of operation. Its com¬ 
pletion will provide our hilly city with an ideal area for manufactories, 
warehouses and other enterprises which need a large level space, ad¬ 
jacent to means of transportation by rail and water; it will open to 
ocean-going ships the Duwamish waterways and the great fresh water 
harbor of Lake Washington, and will conduct along the whole exist¬ 
ing line of wharves a stream of fresh water which will check the rav¬ 
ages of the teredo; it will furnish abundant room for railroad termi¬ 
nals, so that all roads, present and future, can have all the facilities 
they require; it will put Seattle in the front rank among the great 
ports of the United States and among manufacturing cities. 

“Our visitors from St. Louis are welcome for their own sakes, as 
well as for the good results expected from their visit, and it is hoped 
they will bind their city to Seattle by bonds of mutual interest which 
time will only strengthen.” 


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History of Seattle Ship Canal and Harbor Improvement. 


The Argument of Seattle’s Future. 

On this coast, either at San Francisco or on Puget Sound, 
is to be located the New York of the Pacific Coast. The 
question is, where will this great manufacturing, maritime 
and commercial center be? We believe that Seattle, if proper 
enterprise is shown, and if her citizens reach out and take 
advantage of the natural resources which surround her on all 
sides, will win the race, and that they will be able to rear, on 
the shores of Elliott Bay and the borders of Lake Washing¬ 
ton, not only the largest City on the Pacific Coast, but one 
that may yet rival New York in wealth, enterprise and popu¬ 
lation. One of the main reasons for this expected growth is 
her splendid maritime facilities, which, though already great, 
must be reinforced so that they may be better than can be 
offered by other aspiring seaport towns. Cities are like in¬ 
dividual mercantile establishments, and the one offering the 
best inducements to customers secures the most trade. Se¬ 
attle must be prepared to make it more to the advantage of 
the handlers of traffic, by rail and by water, to have this City 
and port for their headquarters, and make it one of the big j 
gest stations on one of the leading highways of the world’s 
trade, so that the larger portion of the goods consigned from 
the Orient to the East and to Europe and from the East and 
Europe to the Orient may pass from ship to train, and from 
train to ship, within the corporate limits of this City. 

The development of the trans-Pacific trade within the 
last two decades has been large. With the growing demand 
in the Orient for the products of the Occident; the enlarged 
opportunities for traffic and enterprise resulting from the 
completion of the trans-Siberian railway; the augmentation 
of the trade occasioned by the conquest of the Philippines 
by the United States; the increase in the population and im¬ 
portance of Alaska, owing to the exploitation of the mineral 
resources, and many other factors, it is evident that the com¬ 
merce on the Pacific is destined, before many years, to be 
even greater than that which is now carried on over the 
stormy bosom of the Atlantic. The traffic, which is already 
enormous, is growing faster than first-class facilities for han¬ 
dling it have been provided. 


History of Seattle Ship Canal and Harbor Improvement. 


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Seattle’s Present Handicap. 

One of the chief handicaps at Seattle is the lack of wharf¬ 
age and the cost of maintaining wharves in salt water, owing 
to the quick destruction of the supporting piles, due to the 
attacks of the teredo. The same is true of other ports on the 
Sound. 

Remedy for the Handicap. 

As a remedy for this, fresh water waterways, protected 
from th,e fury of the winds, and where the teredo is power¬ 
less to carry on his work of destruction, and a large inland 
fresh water harbor, should be secured, and they are provided 
for in the plans of the Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway 
Company. Once Seattle is supplied with these betterments 
to her present facilities, nothing would stand in the way of 
her commercial supremacy, or prevent her from becoming 
the premier entrepot of the western portion of the United 
States. 

The Remedy Being Applied by the Waterway Company. 

For nearly a decade the Seattle & Lake Washington 
Waterway Company has been endeavoring to provide these 
much needed facilities and betterments for the City of Seattle. 
The Waterway Company has shown its faith by its work, 
which has already begun to assume form and proportion. 

The work which has been in progress involves the ex¬ 
cavation of two waterways about a mile long and 1,000 feet 
wide, from deep water through the tide flats of Elliott Bay, 
as shown on all official maps of the City; two Duwamish 
waterways 400 feet wide, connecting the east and west water¬ 
ways with the mouth of the west channel of the Duwamish 
river; a canal waterway about one mile long and 300 feet 
wide at low water, from the head of the east waterway, 
through the flats, eastward, to the shore line; a canal, two 
miles long, through the upland, in a direct line, to Lake 
Washington, and the filling in, to a level of two feet above 
extreme high tide, of 1525 acres of tide land with the exca¬ 
vated material. 


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History of Seattle Ship Canal and Harbor Improvement. 


First Formulation of the Plans. 

The general plans for the cutting of the canal, the ex¬ 
cavation of the waterways and the using of the material in 
filling the tide flats were first formulated, in 1890, by Eugene 
Semple. They were submitted by him to a number of Seattle 
business men, who approved of them and recommended that 
they be carried out. Afterwards the plans were submitted 
to Captain (now Major) Thomas W. Symons, U. S. En¬ 
gineers, and that distinguished officer, after perfecting them, 
gave them his authority and approval. Backed and encour¬ 
aged by such business and engineering endorsements, Mr. 
Semple resolved to pursue the matter, and as soon as the then 
pending litigation in regard to the same was determined in 
favor of the State ownership of all tide lands, he drew a bill, 
which afterwards became the law of March 9, 1893. (For 
synopsis of this law see appendix, page 39. 

Legislative History of the Act of March 9, 1893. 

Copies of the bill were sent to corporations and indi¬ 
viduals of the maritime cities of the State, asking them to 
assist in perfecting it. Very few persons heeding this invi¬ 
tation, however, the matter was brought, verbally, to the 
notice of a number of persons from the different parts of the 
State who visited the capital, the main idea meeting most 
satisfactory commendations from all sides. 

As the matter affected the public interests, the Attorney 
General, Hon. W. C. Jones, and the Commissioner of Public 
Lands, Hon. W. T. Forrest, were furnished with copies of the 
bill, and full explanations thereof, by those representing it. 
Thereafter those officers, as well as the Governor, Hon. J. EL 
McGraw, kept close track of the measure, and insisted on 
several amendments, in order to protect the interests of the 
State and the claimants to tide lands. The bill was intro¬ 
duced in the House by Hon. Will R. White, of King County, 
early in the session, and was referred to the Committee on 
Harbors and Waterways, composed of Hon. W. R. Hoole, 
Hon. A. Woodworth, Hon. W. D. E. Anderson, Hon. Ellis 
Morrisson and Hon. Will R. White. On being reported back 
from this Committee with certain amendments and a recom¬ 
mendation that it do pass, it was made a special order and 


History of Seattle Ship Canal and Harbor Improvement. 


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passed the House by nearly a two-third vote. The Senate 
afterwards passed the bill without amendation, only two votes 
being cast against it. 

Governor John H. McGraw then signed the bill and it 
became a law of the State. 

The bill was in charge, in the house, of Hon. L. C. Gilman 
of King County, and in the Senate, of Hon. W. R. Forrest, 
of King County, both of whom ranked among the ablest, 
most industrious, and careful members of the session. The 
bill was printed three different times, was very widely dis¬ 
cussed, and was considered as a great public measure by vir¬ 
tue of which the State s tide lands in front of the maritime 
cities were to be made to improve the harbors of those cities 
for the benefit of their citizens and the citizens of the State 
at large. 

History of the Contract Between the State and the Water¬ 
way Company. 

The bill having become a law, it was in the power of 
any citizen of the State to apply for a contract under it, and, 
at the proper time, Eugene Semple, of Seattle, applied for 
a contract at that City. 

All persons interested had notice of this application 
through an advertisement, signed by the Commissioner of 
Public Lands, and printed daily for thirty days in a Seattle 
newspaper. In this advertisement the Comm'ssioner fixed a 
day for hearing the application and requested all interested 
parties to appear at that time and state any objections they 
might have. At the hearing several parties and corporations 
appeared from Seattle and Tacoma to support objections 
which they had previously filed in writing, and after hearing 
arguments of counsel on both sides, the Commissioner over¬ 
ruled the objections, and announced that he was ready to 
enter into contracts for the improvement of the harbor of 
Seattle and for the construction of the canal to connect Elliott 
Bay with Lake Washington. 

Governor McGraw desired additional time to consider the 
matter, however, and the contracts remained in abeyance 
from October 16, 1893, to October 27, 1894. During this time 
His Excellency made exhaustive inquiries in regard to the 


12 History of Seattle Ship Canal and Harbor Improvement. 

proposition, consulting engineers and lawyers and giving all 
who desired an opportunity to be heard on every phase of 
the question, as it effected both public and private interests. 
He consulted prospective purchasers of the tide lands, not 
only as to the policy of the law, but as to the time to be fixed 
and the price to be named in the contracts. 

In the meantime the validity of the law under which 
the contracts were proposed to be made having been ques¬ 
tioned in the courts by certain tide land claimants, the Su¬ 
preme Court of the State had upheld the law in every re¬ 
spect, and so the chief executive was supported by the high¬ 
est legal authority in his conclusions. 

First Struggle to Gain Attention for the Project. 

While Governor McGraw had the measure under con¬ 
sideration, the project was presented to a number of the 
most prominent business men of .Seattle, and their co-opera¬ 
tion asked, but it was not until Mr. Andrew Hemrich, now 
a State Senator, President of the Seattle Brewing & Malting 
Company, was met, that much progress was made. Mr. Hem- 
rich at once saw the feasibility of the project, and the great 
benefit which would inure to Seattle through its completion, 
and from that time until the present he has devoted his 
money and business abilities to carrying it out. 

Organization of the Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway 

Company. 

Through the efforts of Hon. Andrew Hemrich, Hon. D. 

E. Durie, Hon. D. A. McKenzie, Julius F. Hale, Esq., and 

others, the Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Company, 
on June 22, 1894, was organized with the following named 
incorporators: Messrs. Elisha P. Ferry, Eugene Semple, 

David E. Durie, Andrew Hemrich, Julius F. Hale, Edward 

F. Sweeney, Albro Gardner, James B. Metcalfe, George Fow¬ 
ler, John G. Scurry, Albert D. Eshelman, George W .Young, 
Griffith Davies, D. A. McKenzie, Edward F. Wittier, Charles 
Armstrong, Myer Gottstein, U. R. Niesz, Charles H. Frye and 
Thomas E. Jones. Thus one of the most important enter¬ 
prises ever launched in the State had its beginning. 


History of Seattle Ship Canal and Harbor Improvement. 


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Ex-Governor Elisha P. Ferry, a man of great patriotism 
and wonderful executive ability, was elected President of the 
corporation and held the office until his health compelled him 
to resign. 

Governor Ferry had, after his retirement from the gover¬ 
norship of the State, been repeatedly importuned to connect 
himself with various enterprises of importance, an,d had 
steadfastly refused, but in this case, considering the enter¬ 
prise to be of vast moment to Seattle and the State of Wash¬ 
ington, he patriotically made an exception, telling the trus¬ 
tees that he was anxious to do all in his power to advance 
the interests of a company undertaking such a beneficial, 
work, and one that would redound so much to the interest of 
the commonwealth. 

Great Pains Taken by Governor McGraw to Protect Both 

Public and Private Interests. 

After the organization of the company had been com¬ 
pleted, Governor McGraw, who fully recognized the import¬ 
ance of the purpose for which it had been formed, and watch¬ 
ful of the interests of the people, required it to demonstrate* 
in a manner satisfactory to him, the feasibility of financing 
the project. Accordingly Vice-President Semple was sent 
east, visiting St. Louis, Chicago, New York and Washington 
City, and returned with letters from Hon. John W. Thomp¬ 
son, president of the Metropolitan National Bank of Wash¬ 
ington, and from Henry Semple Ames and Edgar Ames, capi¬ 
talists of St. Louis, stating that the securities described would 
be, in their opinion, considered desirable by conservative in¬ 
vestors and that the project could be financed. The Messrs. 
Ames, in conjunction with George M. Paschall, afterwards 
demonstrated the correctness of their opinion by doing what 
they had said could be done, and they have since proven 
themselves very valuable factors in the company. 

In addition to this, the Governor insisted that compe¬ 
tent engineering authority, on the practicability and feasi¬ 
bility of the work, should be produced. In response to this, 
the company furnished him with the written opinion of 
Captain Thomas W. Symons of the U. S. Engineers, who had 
thoroughly investigated the project a year previously. This 


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opinion, coming from so high and so competent a source, was 
published far and wide and gave the scheme a prominent 
standing at once in the engineering world. 

The Governor, determined to leave nothing undone that 
should be done, required that the consent of a majority of 
those claiming preference right of purchase to the tide-lands 
described in the contract should be obtained. This was done 
and the letter to the Governor, containing their assent, will 
be found in the appendix, page 39. 

Upon compliance by the company with the last condi¬ 
tion, the Governor, being fully assured that no reason, found¬ 
ed either on public or private interests, existed for further de¬ 
lay, and after consulting with the Attorney General and 
amending the contracts in several particulars, affixed his sig¬ 
nature to them. 


First Effort at Financing. 

Then it was that the company sent a party, composed of 
Eugene Semple, D. E. Durie and J. F. Hale, to St. Louis to 
look after the finances, and they, through Henry Semple Ames 
and George M. Paschall, soon made a preliminary contract 
with the Mississippi Valley Trust Company for the loan of 
$250,000 for the purpose of inaugurating the work, condition¬ 
ed that a committee of the Trust Company, accompanied by 
their own engineer and attorney, should visit Seattle, at the 
expense of the Waterway Company, and fully investigate the 
matter. 

Committee of Mississippi Valley Trust Company Visits Se¬ 
attle and Is Entertained by Chambei of Commerce. 

This committee, composed of the President of the Mis¬ 
sissippi Valley Trust Company (Julius S. Walsh), Judge 
Boyle, attorney for the Trust Company. Colonel Henry Flad, 
civil engineer for the Trust Company, and several of the 
directors of the Trust Company, was royally received by the 
business men of Seattle; was sent on excursions, and finally 
given a banquet at the Rainier Club by the leading bankers 
of the City, at which toasts to St. Louis and Seattle, and the 
success of the enterprise in which the visitors proposed to 
invest their money were given amid vociferous applause and 
great enthusiasm. 


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15 


To show their appreciation of the good offices of the 
Chamber of Commerce, the Trustees of the Waterway Com¬ 
pany passed the following resolutions: 

Resolved, That the hearty thanks of this Company be 
tendered to the Chamber of Commerce for its prompt and 
efficient action in taking charge of the entertainment of the 
party of St. Louis capitalists who visited Seattle recently on 
the invitation of the Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway 
Company for the purpose of inspecting the improvements in 
the harbor of Seattle which have been undertaken by this 
Company under its contracts with the State of Washington. 

Committee Reports Favorably and Trust Company Agrees to 

Furnish Funds. 

The Trust Company, on the return of its representatives 
to St. Louis, after getting favorable reports in regard to the 
canal project from its engineer, and in regard to the law from 
its attorney, notified the Waterway Company that it was 
ready to advance money for the work upon compliance with 
certain conditions, one of which was that the citizens of Se¬ 
attle should raise a subsidy of half a million dollars. 

Raising the Subsidy of Half a Million Dollars. 

The subsidy was raised, in a remarkably short time, by 
a committee of citizens, of which E. O. Graves, Jacob Furth, 
W. D. Wood, I. A. Nadeau, C. J. Smith, F. D. Black and S. 
L. Crawford were members. (See appendix, page 44, for list 
of subscribers to subsidy.) 

At the opening of the campaign for the subsidy, over 
4,000 people assembled at the Armory. E. O. Graves, Presi¬ 
dent of the Chamber of Commerce, called the meeting to 
order, and E. C. Hughes, Esq., now President of the Post- 
Intelligencer Company, was elected chairman. Speeches were 
made by Judge C. H. Hanford, E. C. Hughes, Judge Wm. H. 
White, Judge Orange Jacobs, Mayor Phelps and many others. 
The subsidy, amid great enthusiasm, was started by contri¬ 
butions made on the spot amounting to over $100,000. It was 
a great manifestation of the Seattle spirit which has changed 
the virgin forest in a few years into a city of 100,000 popula¬ 
tion, which in point of material prosperity, in the enterprise 


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of its citizens, in its ability to handle large and small enter¬ 
prises, can compare with any place of like size in the world. 

During the subsidy campaign, in order that everyone 
might fully understand the situation, many hundred copies of 
the law and contracts were printed and distributed. A large 
number of public-spirited gentlemen devoted their time, with¬ 
out charge, to the raising of the subsidy, and the daily papers, 
especially the Post-Intelligencer and the Evening Times* 
printed all the news of the campaign from day to day, under 
large display headings and in prominent position, coupled with 
editorials indorsing the project in mose enthusiastic terms. 
These articles were republished all over the United States and 
brought Seattle into such prominence that it was said, at the 
time, that the advertisement the city was getting was worth 
the face of the subsidy. Altogether 2,486 of the most prom¬ 
inent business men of Seattle, including the management of 
all the banks, subscribed $549,923 and gave their notes there¬ 
for, conditioned to be paid when the entire comprehensive 
project had been executed and a ship taken into the lake. 
(For form of note, see appendix, page 43.) 

Committee of Prominent Citizens Appraise Subsidy. 

When the subsidy had been raised, a committee, of which 
Jacob Furth, President of the Puget Sound National Bank, 
was chairman, and Wm. D. Wood, A. P. Mitten, S. L. Craw¬ 
ford and D. E. Durie, members, was appointed to appraise it. 
After devoting several days to carefully going over the list, 
the committee reported that they had made an aggregate de¬ 
duction of $37,380.50, leaving a net total of $511,542.50, and 
that in the judgment of the members the subsidy is safely 
worth $511,542.50. For report of this committee, see appen¬ 
dix, page 43. 

Inauguration of the Work. 

The Mississippi Valley Trust Company supplied funds, 
Mr. Edgar Ames and Mr. George M. Paschall, as represen¬ 
tatives of the said company, moved to Seattle and the work 
was inaugurated, with great eclat, July 29, 1895, many thou¬ 
sands of citizens- turning out to witness the beginning of 
operations by the dredger Anaconda. 


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The then President of the Company, Mr. Semple, in his 
speech on that occasion, said, amongst other things: 

“The most gratifying thing that any man can do is to 
give to his friends what they most desire, or to be instru¬ 
mental in carrying out the favorite plan of his neighbors. 

“The idea of a canal, that would enable great ships to 
enter and anchor in the safe confines of Lake Washington, 
has affected every man, woman and child of Seattle alike, at 
every stage of their progress and at every time of their life. 

“It runs conspicuously through the history of this com¬ 
munity like a silver ribbon in the warp of a fabric, beginning 
with the first and ending with the last thread of the woof. 

“It is the pleasant and grateful task of the officers of this 
company, to at this time start the work which will end, 
within a reasonable time, in a realization of the long dream 
of Seattle. And when it is finished the people of Seattle can 
point to it with pride and say that they did it themselves. 
For this project has been evolved by Seattle men, financed on 
Seattle credit, and the people themselves, more than 2,000 
strong, are on the lists of the subsidy.” 

The above sentiments were vociferously applauded bv 
the 6,000 enthusiastic lovers of Seattle who were in attend¬ 
ance. 

The Waterway Company Keeps Good Faith. 

The Waterway Company has gone on with the work, is 
now engaged in building the canal and in filling the tide flats, 
and is keeping perfect faith with the people of this City 
There has been powerful opposition, but it has failed to d~ 
stroy the work, which is proceeding steadily, and which gives 
the assurance to the public that within a reasonable period 
deep water vessels, as well as those of smaller craft, will be 
passing from Elliott Bay into Lake Washington via the South 
Canal. 

The action of the people of Seattle in raising the subsidy 
and in so heartily seconding the efforts of the Waterway 
Company shows that they voluntarily stamped its ends and 
aims with their approval, which was in the nature of a com¬ 
pact to the effect that the Waterway Company could unhesi¬ 
tatingly go on with the work without fear of being interfered 
with by a rival project. It was considered as binding as a 


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contract which had been signed, sealed and delivered. I he 
Waterway Company certainly regarded the matter in that 
light, and so did the corporations which have been, and are, 
furnishing capital to carry out the work. It is reasonable to 
suppose that the subscribers to the subsidy also considered it 
in the same light. 

World-Wide Notoriety Given to Seattle on Account of the 

Subsidy. 

The auspicious beginning of an important enterprise was 
telegraphed to the Associated Press and widely commented 
upon, and as a consequence of this, the progress of the work 
was reported, with illustrations and diagrams, in the en¬ 
gineering journals of the world, thus attracting continued at¬ 
tention to the City of Seattle. 

Legal Complications Cause Temporary Suspension of Work. 

The work was continued, as shown by the official report 
of the President of the Waterway Company to the Commis¬ 
sioner of Public Lands, printed with the report of that officer 
for the year 1898. 

Legal complications then caused a cessation of the work, 
certain tide land claimants refusing to pay the installment 
on their fills and compelling the Waterway Company to re¬ 
sort to the courts. The litigation consumed a long time, but 
was finally decided in favor of the contention of the Waterway 
Company, at every point, by the Supreme Court of Wash¬ 
ington. 


Reorganiaztion of the Company’s Financial Scheme. 

Upon the decision being announced, the Waterway Com¬ 
pany immediately began the reorganization of its financial 
scheme. In this it has been most successful and now has at 
its disposal the sum of $4,000,000 for the continuation of har¬ 
bor improvements in the City of Seattle, and for the con¬ 
struction of a ship canal to connect the existing harbor with 
Lake Washington. Three millions of this sum is to be fur¬ 
nished by Morris & Whitehead, bankers, of Philadelphia, 
and about one million by the Great Northern and Northern 
Pacific Railway Companies. 


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The re-financing of the Waterway Company was due tee¬ 
the ability and influence in financial circles, of Hon. Will H 
Parry. That gentleman, after an exhaustive examination 
into the plans of the South Canal, concluded, as Governor 
Ferry had done, that they promised so much for Seattle they 
deserved the support of the friends of the City and so he took 
up the matter of obtaining further funds for the prosecution 
of the work. He was eminently successful in his efforts and 
the financiers who took up the matter had such confidence in 
his judgment that they treated with contempt the strenuous 
efforts that were made by the opponents of the project to dis¬ 
courage them. 

Plans Approved by Eoth Federal and State Governments. 

The plans of Major Symons have been formally ap¬ 
proved, and the work authorized to proceed by both the State 
and Federal Governments. (See order of Secretary of War, 
appendix, page 40. 

It will be observed from the foregoing that the project 
has at all times since its inception been under the full glare 
of public observation, and the work has been done under the 
closest official scrutiny. The State has always been repre¬ 
sented in the field by its own engineer, and his work, with 
that of the engineer of the Waterway Company, has had to 
pass the inspection of the State Engineer at Olympia. This 
system of superintendence and inspection was established 
under the administration of Governor McGraw and has been 
strictly followed by subsequent administrations. 

The State has always employed able engineers to repre¬ 
sent its interests in this matter. 

Commissioner Forest appointed Wendell N. Chase, C. E., 
Commissioner Bridges appointed Geo. F. Cotterill, C. E., and 
the gentleman in charge of the work at present, under Com¬ 
missioner Callvert, is M. L. Stangroom, C. and M. E., an 
engineer of national reputation. 

Statement of Official Approvals and Court Decisions. 

The Supreme Court of Washington has passed favorably 
upon various questions arising at different times to affect this 
great work. 


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Governor Hon. John H. McGraw used extraordinary dili¬ 
gence in weighing every phase of the matter, both from a legal 
and economic standpoint. 

The Commissioner of Public Lands, Hon. W. T. Forrest, 
had all the objections that could be evolved from fertile legal 
minds presented and argued before him by learned counsel, 
representing several powerful corporations. 

Judge Boyle, the great bond lawyer of St. Louis, exam¬ 
ined all of the same questions in behalf of the Mississippi 
Valley Trust Company. 

Judge Dillon, of New York, the leading bond lawyer of 
the L T nited States, has recently examined the same questions, 
as well as those arising from the mode and manner of recent 
extensions of time on contracts. 

All of these ’eminent and able authorities unite in declar¬ 
ing that the legal objections urged to the progress of this 
great public work are untenable. 

The State of Washington Extends Time on the Contracts. 

The more recent history of this important enterprise is 
shown in the record made by Hon. Robert Bridges, late Com¬ 
missioner of Public Lands, who followed the example of the 
constitutional convention, the legislature, the Supreme Court, 
and his predecessor in office, in upholding and defending what 
Judge Hoyt, of the Supreme Court, in Yesler vs. Harbor Line 
Commission, denominated the “Great State Policy” of harbor 
improvement and control, settled upon by the people at the 
time of the creation of the State of Washington, and fixed and 
fortified in the constitution. 

Commissioner Bridges, on being petitioned by the Water¬ 
way Company for an extension of time for eight years, re¬ 
quired the company to account for every day of time since 
the signing of its contracts; to explain the causes of delay; to 
report exactly as to what had been accomplished; and to dem¬ 
onstrate its financial ability to carry on the gigantic task that 
it had undertaken. Then he consulted Hon. Thomas Vance, 
Assistant Attorney-General, as to his powers in the premises 
and upon receiving assurance from the highest law officer of 
the state that the power of extending the time was entirely 
and exclusively within the discretion and jurisdiction of the 


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Commissioner of Public Lands, to be exercised without notice 
to any one but the parties to the contracts, he extended the 
time for four years, just half the time considered necessary 
by the Waterway Company, saying that the state should 
have command of the situation. To this the Waterway Com¬ 
pany replied, as it had answered to Land Commissioner For¬ 
rest, that it had no objection to the state commanding the 
situation; that it was perfectly willing to trust its affairs to 
the honor and sense of fair play of any administration repre¬ 
senting the people of the State of Washington. 

Present Progress of the Work Is Under Daily Observation 

of the People. 

The progress that has since been made has come under 
the daily observation of the people of Seattle, who have seen 
with their own eyes the growth of the filled area in the tide 
lands, the extension of the waterways, the inauguration of. 
the sluicing out of the canal and the rapid building-up of man¬ 
ufacturing establishments on the newly made tide lands. On 
this land will be founded the major portion of the manufactur¬ 
ing industries of the city, and these will be of great benefit 
and will play an important part in making this city the me¬ 
tropolis of the Pacific Coast. There, also, will be found the 
great ship yard of Moran Bros. Co., where numbers of steel 
and wooden ships have been built in the past, and where the 
battleship Nebraska is now on the stocks. There, also, will 
be found two large flouring mills that furnish much of the 
freight for the Oriental liners running hence to Japan and 
China. Were it not for the filled tide lands the flouring mills 
would have gone elsewhere, and possibly the great ship yard 
might have been compelled to move away. Then, just now, 
the Great Northern R. R. Co. is about to commence the con¬ 
struction of a tunnel under the city to bring its trains from 
the north to the tide lands on the south, where, only, is it 
possible to find level lands for depots and terminal facilities* 
where ships and trains can meet on a common level. 

South Canal the Logical Outcome of the Situation at Seattle. 

The providing of waterways and the building of the canal 
across f he southern end of the city is a logical outcome of the 


22 History of Seattle Ship Canal and Harbor Improvement. 

situation as it has crystallized after nearly half a century since 
the city was founded. It located the shipping - in a portion of 
the harbor where it is close to the leading business houses and 
immediately adjacent to the manufacturing districts. 1 he 
raw products for the factories can be brought by water to the 
doors of the several establishments, thus saving expensive 
haulage which would result were they located at a distance 
from the water. This would be the condition were it not for 
the fact that the land has been made, and is being made, and 
is available, and is being rapidly utilized for the purpose. It 
was Dean Swift who declared that one of the greatest bene¬ 
factors of mankind is he who makes two blades of grass 
grow where only one grew before. The Waterway Company 
feels that it, too, is benefiting mankind by making solid and 
substantial land where formerly there was water, the rising 
and falling of the tides, and occasionally bare and unsightly 
mud flats, which were a menace to the health of the dwellers 
on the adjacent dry lands. 


Natural Expansion of City Provided for by South Canal. 

With ships protected from the fury of the storms in the 
placid waterways, with an easy and short route into Lake 
Washington, where ships could lie in security as long as it 
was necessary for them to do so, in water which would be 
free from barnacles and other foulness which attaches itself 
to hulls when anchored in salt water; with every convenience 
and facility for shipping provided, the business and commer¬ 
cial center would remain largely where it is, with, of course, 
the usual expansion from a common centre which would re¬ 
sult as a natural outcome of the growth of the city. The 
growth would be natural and along legitimate and natural 
lines, and in time the increase in the value of realty would 
equal the expectation of those who have shown their faith 
in Seattle by investing their money in real estate. This is 
„as it should be and as it will be when the South Canal is 
completed. 

Great Advantages of South Canal. 

Mark the many advantages in favor of the South Canal. 
The distance between the Northern Pacific dock and Lake 


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Washington via the South Canal is 4.9 miles of inside, and 
therefore smooth water. From inside the first lock to deep 
water in Lake Washington the distance is two miles. There 
would be no complications in the South Canal and the trip 
could easily be made in an hour and a half. At no stage of 
the journey would there be any danger of grounding or 
chance of detention from any other cause. 

The defense of the South Canal would necessarily be pro¬ 
vided for in any system of fortifications for the City of Seattle. 
This consideration is a very important one. The canal now in 
course of construction by the Waterway Company cannot be 
seen from the decks of an enemy’s vessel until she has passed 
the defences proposed for Magnolia Bluff. In order to be able 
to reach this canal with her guns, an enemy’s vessel must be 
in a position where she would be exposed to the concentrated 
fire of batteries on Duwamish Head, Alki Point, Magnolia 
Bluff and Bainbridge Island. The South Canal is almost a y 
right angles with the range of vision and fire from any part 

of the open water of Puget Sound. 

Advantages to Duwamish Valley and Squak Slough. 

The construction of the South Canal will necessarily prove 
a great benefit to the navigation of the Duwamish River, a 
navigable stream which will empty into the canal, by allowing 
a free outlet to its waters, which are now obstructed by bars 
formed in their passage over the tide flats to the bay, and will 
also prevent the disastrous overflows which occur each spring 
in the fertile valley of this river. The plans include taking care 
of all the surplus waters, including those of Cedar River, 
through spillways of the canal, so as to maintain Lake Wash¬ 
ington constantly at its summer level, dhis would prevent the 
overflow of the low lands along Squak Slough and the borders 
of the Lake. 

Attacks on Bona Fides of Waterway Company. 

Interested parties have, from the inception of the enter¬ 
prise, attacked the Waterway Company by inuendo, declaring 
that their intention was not to carry out their plans as out¬ 
lined. This misrepresentation has been so persistent that not 


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a few have doubts as to the bona fides of the Company. Among 
the misrepresentations are the following: 

They have said that the WaterwayjW^f not intend to dig 
the canal through the hills, but only to fill up a portion of the 
tide flats. 

Reasons Why the Canal Will Be Built Into Lake Washington. 

Concerning the intention of the company to excavate a 
ship canal through the hills to the lake, it was the main idea 
upon which the Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Com¬ 
pany was organized and which determined its name. It was 
the main idea upon which the project was financed, and it was 
made an indispensible requisite by the Mississippi Valley 
Trust Company, that first undertook the sale of the company’s 
bonds, and also by Morris & Whitehead, Bankers, who now 
handle these bonds. Those who desire visual evidence of the 
true intention of the company should visit the canal right-of- 
way and watch the actual progress that is being made in the 
way of sluicing out the canal through the first hill. The gen¬ 
eral plan is to construct bulkhead lines and fill in with dredg¬ 
ers a limited territory behind the same, thus constituting prac¬ 
tically impregnable restraining works and creating a large in¬ 
terior settling basin which is to be filled from the hill section. 
All of these operations are now in progress. Another reason 
why the canal will be built is that every yard of earth that 
must be moved in the construction of the canal proper is 
needed to fill the tide lands at the head of Elliott Bay. It will 
also be constructed because it will be valuable property when 
completed. 

Great Railway Companies Support the South Canal. 

Another proof of the full intention of the company to build 
the canal, if it is needed, is found in the fact that the Great 
Northern and the Northern Pacific Railway Companies are 
allies of the Waterway Company, having decided in its favor 
on its merits, and have “pledged their good faith to in all cases 
use their best endeavors and efforts to promote and advance 
the construction and completion of the system of waterways 
and canals, and the reclamation of tide lands at Seattle, as 
now proposed by said Waterway Company, including the 


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South ship canal into Lake Washington.” Such an array of 
proof as to the intention of the company to build the ship canal 
should be sufficient to convince the most skeptical. 

In connection with the negotiations which resulted in the 
establishment of a community of interest with the great rail¬ 
way companies having terminals at Seattle, the Waterway 
Company desires to here recognize the valuable diplomatic 
services of Clinton W. Howard, Esq., of the Whatcom bar. 

Effect of Waterway on Navigation of Duwamish River and in 

Preventing Overflows. 

The result of the making of a deep channel by the dredg¬ 
ers from the deep waters in the bay across the tide flats, to a 
point where the Duwamish River is confined between high 
banks, will be as stated in Captain Symon’s report, to establish 
a new regimen for the river, as far up stream as the soft ma¬ 
terial extends. At present where the river is confined between 
high banks it is narrow and deep, but where it debouches on 
the mud flats it is wide and very shallow, the mud flats con¬ 
stituting a dam which, if cut away, as it will be when the east 
waterway is excavated through the flats, the river will deepen 
its channel above and the lower valley of the Duwamish will 
be, to a very great extent, immediately relieved. That relief 
will be complete when the canal is cut through the hills and 
Cedar River is made to flow permanently into Lake Washing¬ 
ton and through spillways of the canal, thus doing away with 
it as a freshet factor in the Duwamish River valley. Squak 
Slough lands will be redeemed because it is proposed to main¬ 
tain the lake at summer level by means of the spillways. 

Indorsements of South Canal by Distinguished Engineers^ 

The statement that there has never been any indorse¬ 
ment of this project by distinguished engineers is entirely 
without foundation in fact. The matter of the canal through 
the hills was thoroughly investigated by Captain Thomas W. 
Symons, of the United States Engineer Corps, whose whole 
official career has been in connection with the improvement 
of waterways and the construction and study of canals. He 
made the most searching investigation into the project before 


26 History of Seattle Ship Canal and Harbor Improvement. 

it had attracted any public attention whatever. He observed 
the general stratification of the country as indicated by out¬ 
croppings on Puget Sound at many points from Olympia to 
Port Townsend. He examined the local strata, exposed by 
erosion in two directions parallel with the course of the pro¬ 
posed canal, in four directions across its alignment, and the 
exposures made by the tunnel and air shafts of the South Se¬ 
attle sewer tunnel, which is a very little more than 1,000 feet 
north of the canal. He also examined wells and foundations 
in the district, including an artesian well that had been sunk 
by the Seattle Brewing & Malting Co. close to the bay outlet 
of the hill section. In addition to this, a boring was made at 
his request on the center line of the canal from very nearly the 
highest point of the hill to below the level of the bottom of 
the canal prism. All of these explorations pointed to the con¬ 
clusion that the strata to be encountered would stand on an 
average slope of i to i, and that there was no rock in place. 

Col. Henry Flad, of the Mississippi River Commission, 
one of the most celebrated engineers in the United States, a 
veteran engineer, and therefore extremely conservative and 
cautious in his statements and conclusions, was brought to 
Seattle by the St. Louis syndicate which first financed the com¬ 
pany, as their expert. His report was in favor of the feasibil¬ 
ity of the project, and he repeatedly stated that the engineer¬ 
ing project, in its entirety, was one of the most attractive and 
alluring he had ever encountered in his professional career. 
When Col. Flad was here, he, in company with Captain Sy¬ 
mons, devoted his entire time to personal explorations of the 
locality. Thus, the principal argument urged against the 
South Canal by its opponents, the height of the cut through 

Beacon Hill, evidently has no weight with eminent engineers 
who are familiar with similar works in other parts of the 
world. 

If strata of a refractory nature be encountered, modern 
engineering science understands how to deal with them. The 
slopes of the canal, when once established, will be taken care 
of, the same as all the other parts of the canal, so that the 
damage which people have been made to think will occur 
from erosion, by seepage and surface water, will be prevented. 


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Value of Tide Lands to Be Filled. 

Another objection of the opponents of the South Canal 
has been that the tide lands will not be worth what it will 
cost to fill them up, and will not be needed for fifty years. 
That these lands will possess such value was positively stated 
by C. T. Conover, for Crawford & Conover; Robert Moran, 
Wm. D. Wood, J. W. George and Ellis Morrison, who gave 
their written opinion on that question for insertion in the 
prospectus of the company. The ability of these gentlemen 
to pass judgment in the premises was certified to by F. R. Van 
Tuyl, Cashier of Dexter Horton & Co.; R. R. Spencer, Cashier 
of the National Bank of Commerce; John G. Hooker, Cashier 
of the Seattle National Bank; W. R. Ballard, President Se¬ 
attle Savings Bank; John Y. Ostrander, President Commer¬ 
cial National Bank; E. B. Downing, Secretary Guarantee Loan 
& Trust Company; Jacob Furth, President Puget Sound Na¬ 
tional Bank; E. O. Graves, President Washington National 
Bank; Lester Turner, Cashier First National Bank; A. Cliil-^ 
berg, President Scandinavian-American Bank, and R. Lee 
Barnes, Manager Bank of British Columbia—all for insertion 
in the prospectus of the Waterway Company. The judgment 
of the above named gentlemen, exercised in 1894, has been 
proven by time, as can be seen by looking over the records 
of cash transactions in tide lands published in the daily papers 
of Seattle. 

As to the fact of these lands being needed for the purposes 
of the city, it is only necessary to state that there is such a 
scarcity of level land in the City of Seattle that nearly every 
available lot of such land, on water level, is now occupied 
with the business houses of a population of 100,000, and the 
City is crowding over the water front in perishable wooden 
structures. If the City is to increase in size and importance, 
as her citizens expect, the land that will be made by the opera¬ 
tions of the Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Com¬ 
pany, and more too, will be needed to transact its business. 
Then, too, the ship canal will give the city two water fronts, 
one on Elliott Bay and the other on Lake Washington, both 
of which will be required for the commerce of this City. 


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Situation at Seattle the Same as It Was at San Francisco. 

The situation here is the same as it was in San Fran¬ 
cisco. There the original town was built on hills, and when 
the growth of the place demanded additional level ground 
upon which to transact the heavy business of the country, 
the hills were torn down and the material used to fill up the 
tide flats, exactly on the same plan, and on even a larger scale, 
than is contemplated in the plans of the Waterway Company. 
It is a well known fact that business will not go up hill, and if 
no level land could be provided in Seattle business would seek 
level ground at some other point. 

Cost of Average Fill Less Than That of a Wharf. 

The cost of filling these lands above high tide with solid 
material is less than the average cost of constructing wharves. 
The lessening in the cost of insurance, too, is almost equal 
to the interest on the cost of the fill. See appendix, page 65. for 
comparison of wharves and fills. 

The East India Trade. 

The East India trade has enriched every nation that has 
controlled it from the earliest ages to the present time. 

Of the importance of this trade to the United States it is 
not necessary for us to say much because the whole subject 
has been gone over, many times recently, by Mr. James J. 
Hill, than whom no other man in the world is more com¬ 
petent to speak. 

But it is not alone of the national importance of the East 
India trade that we wish to speak, but of its importance to 
the State of Washington and the City of Seattle. 

While the great railway managers are preparing to bring 
the East India trade to the Coast of the United States, we 
of Seattle are, besides being interested in the general propo¬ 
sition, also interested in the particular part of the Coast where 
the traffic must change from ship to cars. 

This interchange will occur where the best facilities are 
ofifered, and the facilities provided at Seattle, in the project 
of the Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Company, are 
so superior that they cannot be even approached at any other 
place. 


History of Seattle Ship Canal and Harbor Improvement. 


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The execution of those plans is now in progress and they 
will fix the site of the great city of the Pacific Coast on Elliott 
Bay. 

t 

Summary. 

We have shown in the foregoing the necessity for the 
canal to connect Lake Washington with tide water. 

That the people of Seattle had for years fruitlessly peth 
tioned Congress to undertake the work and at last had given 
up hope of government aid and were resolved to build the 
canal themselves. 

That at that juncture the Seattle and Lake Washington 
Waterway Company appeared on the scene with a feasible 
proposition that Avas adopted by the citizens of Seattle, as 
e\ r idenced by expressions of public meetings, by newspaper 
utterances, and by a subsidy list containing the names of o\ r er 
two thousand of the leading business men of the City, in¬ 
cluding all the banks. 

That the Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Com¬ 
pany’s project had been under close official scrutiny from 
the introduction of the bill in the Legislature up to the pres¬ 
ent time. 

That the first president of the Company was Elisha P. 
Ferry, who held at the time the proud position, by common 
consent, of first citizen of the State. 

That the project not only proposes to give to Seattle a 
canal into the lake, but, what is of more importance, level 
land upon which to build her factories, warehouses and rail¬ 
way terminals. 

That the level land cannot be created except by digging 
the canal, the earth from the hill all being needed in dhe fill. 

That the work is being done by authority of both the 
State and general governments, and under the supervision 
of both State and general government engineers. 

That the wide notoriety given Seattle during the Subsidy 
Campaign was said to be worth, as an advertisement, the full 
amount of the Subsidy, in cash. 

That we have secured four millions of outside capital to 
be brought here and expended for labor and materials in exe¬ 
cuting our plans. 


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That this sum is sufficient to carry out our plans, includ¬ 
ing the canal to the lake. 

That we freely consented that the State should always 
hold command of the situation so as to insure diligence on 
our part. 

That without the filled lands there would be no place 
at Seattle for manufactories or railway terminals, and that 
commerce and manufacturers would be compelled to go else¬ 
where unless level land was supplied here. 

That our works would render the Duwamish River navi¬ 
gable at all stages of tide. 

That our work would save the low lands of the Duwamish 
valley, Squak Slough and the borders of the lake, from over¬ 
flow. 

That the work being done here was just the same in 
character, and about the same in amount, as that done at 
Boston and San Francisco. 

That the project had been indorsed by eminent engineers’ 
by Governors, by Commissioners of Public Lands, by the 
Supreme Court, by the Legislature, and by the managements 
of the two greatest railway systems in the West. 

That the cost of the solid fill is less than the cost of the 
temporary structures of piles and planks ordinarily used to 
support buildings over the water. 

And finally, that “this gigantic and beneficial work will 
be accomplished without any tax on existing properties.” 

On this showing we ask the calm judgment of the people 
of the State of Washington and the people of the City of 
Seattle. 


Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Co 


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APPENDIX 


Different Routes for the Canal. 

Since the question was first agitated five different routes 
have been proposed for a canal connecting Lakes Union and 
Washington with tide water. These are all shown on the map 
which appears on page 31. 

















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History of Seattle Ship Canal and Harbor Improvement. 


The main object seems always to have been to connect 
the existing harbor with the lakes by the shortest route. 

The first route proposed was via Union Bay, Lake Union 
and a canal across the divide at Pike and Fourth Streets, 
marked No. i on the map, and the canal would have been in 
that position if the Government had taken it up when first 
asked to do so by the people of Seattle. 

The land required for right-of-way by this route, owing 
to the scarcity of level spaces, very soon became indispei . 
sible for the growth of the town, and a route was proposed 
by way of the divide under which the Lake Union sewer 
tunnel has since been driven. 

The land along this alignment, known as the Mercer farm 
route, and marked No. 2 on the map, also soon became neces¬ 
sary for the growth of the city, and the canal route was 
changed to Smith’s Cove, marked No. 3 on the map. 

All these routes made the canal debouch into Seattle 
Harbor, but for some reason that has never been made to 
clearly appear, so far as we know, the route was changed to 
traverse Salmon Bay and debouch into Slhlshole Bay, nearly 
nine miles from the center of Seattle Harbor. 

The distances from the foot of Yesler Way to deep water 
in Lake Washington, via all five routes shown on the map, in 
the order of their lengths, is as follows: 

Miles. 

Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Company canal. . 4.9 


Pike Street route, marked No. 1. 6.5 

Mercer Farm route, marked No. 2. 6.9 

Smith’s Cove route, marked No. 3.10.5 

North Canal.16.9 


Canal Must Be Dug or Lands Remain Unfilled. 

In moving material from the different waterways and 
embanking it on the tide lands the Company must be gov¬ 
erned by the economical haul. That is to say, the material 
excavated from the waterways must be deposited at the near¬ 
est practical point. The success of the enterprise, from a 
business standpoint, depends on the observance of a general 
principle in this respect. 






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By consulting the map herewith, which exhibits the sys¬ 
tem of waterways with the lands to be filled, it will be seen 
at a glance, not only that the material in the waterways cannot 

A 1 A. p> 



be economically deposited east of the East waterway, but that 
all the material in the waterways would not be sufficient to 
fill that space, even if it were financially possible to carry it 
there. 



































































































































































































































































































































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The filling of that large area, including the sites for rail¬ 
way terminals and depots, must, of necessity, therefore, be 
with material taken from the canal through the hill. 

As all the material in the hill will be heeded to fill lands 
that it will pay to fill, it follows that the canal must be dug 
or the lands remain unfilled. 

The filling already done has been in violation of the prin¬ 
ciple of economical haul for the reason that the rapid growth 
of Seattle required dry lands at that point and to meet that 
necessity the Company sacrificed its profits. 

Filling done at San Francisco and Boston. 

On page 34 of the appendix will be found maps show¬ 
ing parts of the water fronts of Boston and San Francisco, 













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with areas that have been filled in marked with heavy hatched 
lines. 4 

At both those cities there was a scarcity of level land for 
business purposes, just as there is at Seattle, and it was sup¬ 
plied there just as 'the Seattle and Lake Washington Water¬ 
way Company is supplying it here. 



Outline Showing Filled Lcinds c\t Boston } M^ss. Blc^ck Sh^de Shows Fill- 

At San Francisco the State of California sold its tide 
lands, at an early day, for a few hundred dollars an acre, and 
when it undertook a comprehensive plan for harbor improve- 



















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ments there it had to buy back those same lands at a cost of 
hundreds of dollars a front foot. 

The State of Washington, however, defended the tide 
lands, which it took by virtue of its sovereignty, and passed 
a law bv which its maritime cities could use them to improve 
their harbors. 

Seattle took advantage of the opportunity, and will have, 
as a reward for her vigilance, ample level land and the finest 
harbor in the world. 

Report of Minority of Naval Board. 

A naval board, of which Captain Thomas Perry, U. S. N., 
was senior member, and Captain W. T. Burwell, U. S. N.; 
Lieutenant Commander George II. Peters, U. S. N.; Lieuten¬ 
ant Albert T. Willetts, U. S. N., and Naval Constructor Frank 
W. Hibbs, U. S. N., as members, and Ensign Henry N. Jensen, 
U. S. N., as member and recorder, having been appointed by 
the Secretary of the Navy, April 5, 1901, “for the purpose of 
considering the question of the location of a fresh water basin 
on the Pacific Coast in which vessels of the V. S. Navy may 
be laid up in ordinary," made the necessary investigations 
and reported its conclusions May 4, 1901. 

The majority of the board reported against the use of 
Lakes Union and Washington, but the minority, consisting of 
Captain Burwell and Naval Constructor Hibbs, reported in 
favor of the use of those lakes, giving the preference to Lake 
Washington as a basin and the South Canal as the best, 
means of access thereto. 

We make the following extract from the minority report: 


LAKE WASHINGTON PREFERABLE. 

Although Lake Union has been several times reported upon favor¬ 
ably by naval men, we are of the opinion that if, as is probable, the ap¬ 
proach to Lake Washington is made through a single set of locks, it 
would be preferable to Lake Union for the following reasons: 

It is many times longer, very much deeper, and provides more 
choice of location for a naval reserve station. 

Land will be cheaper and more readily obtained, having practically 
no obstructions in the way of railroads and city improvements. 

As sure as the canal is cut into Lake Union, that sure will the lake, 
Salmon bay and all the shores thereof be crowded with wharves, rail¬ 
roads, factories, warehouses and shipping, for which they are most ad¬ 
mirably adapted. This will not be the case with Lake Washington. 


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The vast extent of Lake Washington provides an abundance of 
room for any number of vessels, which can lie freely at anchor, what¬ 
ever be the extent of the government property ashore. Torpedo boats 
can exercise under steam without even going outside, and the greatest 
freedom and the widest opportunity can be had in development. 

In fact, this magnificent lake is not comparable with a basin nor 
even with a river, but is a large, fresh water harbor, the like of which 
does not exist elsewhere. 

Thus, if Lake Washington is approached by a single set of locks, 
either by the northern canal or by the southern, it will not only possess 
in a greater degree the advantages of Lake Union, but will be free from 
some of the disadvantages of the latter. 

TWO BEST ROUTES COMPARED. 

Of the two routes for canals, described in the board’s report, the 
northern, entering from Shilshole bay, Salmon bay and Lake Union 
and the southern, directly from the Seattle water front into Lake 
Washington, the latter probably has the greater commercial advantages, 
being the direct door to the Washington coal fields from the Seattle 
water front and the probable railroad inlet, and about one-third 
the total length of the former. 

It will not, however, in our opinion, be completed by private enter¬ 
prise, as, although the contract with the state of the Seattle and Lake 
Washington Waterway Company contemplates the canal, and the land 
has been condemned and purchased for the route, it will probably not 
be of sufficient commercial value to insure its completion without 
government aid. 

In connection with this, however, it may be said that active oper¬ 
ations for hydraulic cutting in the highland portion of the route are 
expected to begin at once, under the company’s contract. 

On the other hand the northern canal will undoubtedly be an ac¬ 
complished fact; at least as far as Lake Union; and taking it in con¬ 
nection with the large waterway to be formed by the state in Salmon 
bay, and the unparalleled advantages of the latter and Lake Union 
for commercial and industrial purposes, this much will be a certain 
success. 

The northern canal now being built by the war department is 
entirely too small for warships; in fact, it is entirely too small for mer¬ 
chant ships. The southern waterway and canal are of ample propor¬ 
tions for both. 

To provide satisfactory access to Lake Washington as a fresh 
water basin, therefore, there are two ways: 

First—Increasing the proportions of the northern canal to double 
the present width and at least thirty-two feet depth at low water, and 
to provide for the lowering of Lake Washington to the level of Lake 
Union, thus making one set of locks into the former from tl^e Sound; 
all to be done by government aid. 


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second—To insure the completion of the southern canal through 
the upland sections (aoout two miles) by purchasing the canal of the 
Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Company; all the rest of the 
canal up to the upland portions being completed by the company under 
their contract with the present dimensions, as described in the letter 
of the president of the company attached to the report. 


SOUTHERN CANAL MOST ADVANTAGEOUS. 

Aside from consideration of cost and engineering difficulties, the 
southern canal would be the most advantageous to the use of Lake 
Washington as a naval basin, for the following reasons: 

First—It is very much shorter into Lake Washington. 

Second—Its reaches are perfectly straight and there is but one 
turn. 

Third—It would not necessarily lower the level of Lake Wash¬ 
ington. 

Fourth—The canal and locks are more susceptible of defense, and 
are much better protected naturally. 

The principal, in tact, the only objection made by the majority of 
the board to Lake Washington is that of danger to vessels due to the 
injury to the canal or its locks by an enemy. 

While this is necessarily of great importance, and would apply 
in the case of a navy yard, it seems that too much weight has been 
placed upon it in this instance. The use of a fresh water basin is 
to lay up naval vessels in time of peace; not as a refuge to run them 
into in time of war. The same argument could be applied in the case 
of any extensive public works of defense. 

Besides this, sight must not be lost of the fact that the use of a 
fresh water basin is not confined to war vessels of large size, but col¬ 
liers, transports, torpedo boats, repair ships, water ships, supply boats 
and auxiliary vessels of all kinds should have its advantages. 

The immense opportunity of using Lake Washington for this pur¬ 
pose is simply an opportunity to be taken advantage of because it is 
convenient, and should not be cast away because it may present objec¬ 
tions under certain circumstances. 

Supposing this canal completed, of ample proportions, with ample 
room and depth and secure anchorage, it does not seem that the navy 
department should hesitate to send its ships into Lake Washington 
any more than to League Island. 

It cannot be admitted that the use of a canal and locks is an in¬ 
surmountable objection to the use of the lake as a fresh water basin. 
In most European dockyards, vessels are fitted out, repaired and kept 
in reserve behind both habitually. 


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ANALYSIS OF THE ACT OF MARCH 9TH, 1893, WHICH PRO¬ 
VIDES FOR THE EXCAVATION OF WATERWAYS BY PRIVATE 
CONTRACT. 

It authorizes any person or company to excavate waterways 
through the tide and shore lands belonging to the State, and with the 
material to fill in above high tide any land and shore lands in front of 
incorporated cities, or within one mile thereof on either side. 

It gives to the person or company performing the work a first lien 
upon all such lands as they may fill in, for the cost of the work, with 
fifteen per cent, additional thereon. 

It authorizes streets and public places to be filled in, and bulk¬ 
heads and restraining works to be constructed, and the cost thereof 
with fifteen per cent, additional, to be added to the lien on the lands 
benefited thereby. 

The liens attach and certificates are issued therefor from time to 
time, as the work progresses upon the waterways. 

The liens are a first mortgage on the lands, subject in case of 
default to foreclosure, as other mortgages on real estate. They bear 
eight per cent, interest from date of issue, and are payable in ten equal 
annual installments, the lrst payment being one year from the date of 
the sale by the State. 

The lands covered by any contract are held subject to the ultimate 
lien of the contractor, and are sold by the State, subject to this lien, 
the purchaser assuming the payment of the same whenever it attaches. 

The waterways excavated are free, except where locks or tide gates 
are necessary, when a reasonable toll may be charged. 

The contractor has the option for six months to purchase, at the 
appraised value, all lands that have not been sold by the State within 
one year after such lands have been filled in. 


COPY OF PETITION FROM TIDE LAND CLAIMANTS TO GOV¬ 
ERNOR McGRAW. 

To the Hon. John H. McGraw, Governor of the State of Washington: 

The undersigned holders of preference rights to purchase tide 
lands on Elliott Bay, at Seattle, under the act of March 26th, 1890, 
respectfully represent to Your Excellency that they have investigated 
the project of the Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Company 
for improving the tide lands by excavating waterways through said 
lands and a canal through the hills to Lake Washington, and incident¬ 
ally improving the tide lands at the head of Elliott Bay, by filling the 
same above high tide with solid material; and we are convinced of the 
feasibility and desirability of said improvement. 

We, therefore, respectfully request Your Excellency to approve the 
contract with said company so that it may proceed with the execution 
of the work with the least possible delay. 

McNaught-Collins Improvement Co. T. A. Jones & Son. 

John Collins, President. August Schleuter. 


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J. F. McNaught, Secretary. 

W. S. Ladd Estate, 

E. D. Phelps, 

W. I. Wadleigh, 

By Wm. D. Wood, Agent. 

J. F. McNaught. 

John Collins. 

John Leary. 

Eshelman-Llewellyn Mortgage and 
Trust Co., 

James Skinner, Secretary. 

German-American Investment and 
Guaranty Company, 

Ellis Morrison, President. 

Elliott Bay Bridge and Pile Co., 

D. K. Howard, Vice President. 

Seattle Brewing and Malting Co. 

Alhro Gardner. 

Bay View Brewing Co., 

A. Heinrich, President. 

J. W. Currie Shingle Co., 

R. J. Graham, Secretary. 

Amos Brown. 

C. H. Shaw. 

J. L. Kahaley. 

Josiah Collins. 

J. Eugene Jordan. 

West Seattle Corporation, 

A. D. Eshelman. 

N. L. Rogers. 

Allen & Nelson Land Co. 

Moran Brothers Company, 

Robert Moran. 

Seattle Dry Dock and Ship Build¬ 
ing Co., 

Robert Moran. 

Washington Planing Mill Co., 

A. Hart. 

Stetson-Post Mill Co., 

G. W. Stetson. 

W. J. Stevenson. 


David E. Durie. 

Joseph Kerr. 

Puget Sound Navigation and Im¬ 
provement Co., 

L. A. Dyer, Secretary. 

Hall Paulson Furniture Co., 

W. R. Forrest, President. 

Fred Scholpp. 

Newell Mill Co., 

George Newell. 

Frye & Bruhn. 

A. S. Miller. 

Seattle Transfer Co., 

Chas. Armstrong, President. 
Terence McClure, 

John Arthur, Attorney. 

Mary A. McClure, 

John Arthur, Attorney. 

Robert Knipe. 

E. D. Phelps. 

I. A. Wadleigh. 

E. D. Phelps. 

Aurilia B. Hicks. 

Bessie J. Lewis. 

Howard H. Lewis, Agent. 

Ed. L. Terry. 

S. H. Piles. 

Washington Iron Works Co., 
Egbert Frink, Secretary. 

J. M. Frink. 

J. C. Nixon. 

A. P. Spaulding. 

Chas. F. Frasch. 

George Misener. 

George T. Maginnis & Co. 

J. E. Fox, propr. of Saw Works. 
Samuel A. Hoyt. 

B. R. Brierly. 

W. H. Bogardus. 

John G. Scurry. 


WORK AUTHORIZED BY SECRETARY OF WAR. 

WHEREAS, By Section 3 of an act of Congress, approved July 13, 
1S92, entitled “An act making appropriations for the construction, 
repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, 
and for other purposes,” It is provided that, without the permission 
of the Secretary of War, it shall not be lawful to build any wharf, pier, 


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dolphin, boom, dam, weir, breakwater, bulkhead, jetty, or structure 
of any kind outside established harbor lines, or where no harbor lines 
are or may be established, in any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, navi¬ 
gable river, or other waters of the Upited States, in such manner as 
shall obstruct or impair navigation, commerce or anchorage of said 
waters; or to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the 
course, location, condition or capacity of any port, roadstead, haven, 
harbor, harbor of refuge, or inclosure within the limits of any break¬ 
water, or of the channel of any navigable water of the United States, 
unless approved and authorized by the Secretary of War. 

AND, WHEREAS, The Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Com¬ 
pany of Seattle, Washington, holding contracts dated October 27, 1894, 
between the State of Washington, by its Commissioner of Public Lands, 
and Eugene Semple for the excavation of certain waterways in front 
of the City of Seattle, Washington, designated as “East Waterway," 
“West Waterway,” and “Canal Waterway,” and a waterway or canal 
connecting the “Canal Waterway” through the upland with the water 
of Lake Washington, for the purpose of creating a canal from the deep 
waters of Elliott Bay to and into Lake Washington, has applied to the 
Secretary of War for permission to excavate the channels of said “East 
Waterway” and said “West Waterway” between the harbor lines estab¬ 
lished by the Secretary of War and to otherwise excavate and fill as 
specified in said contracts: 

NOW, THEREFORE, This is to certify that the Secretary of War 
hereby gives permission to the said Seattle & Lake Washington Water 
way Company to excavate between said harbor lines as specified above 
and to otherwise excavate and fill as specified in said contracts, a copy' 
of which contracts is attached to the application for this permit, upon 
the following conditions: 

1. That no filling shall be done between the harbor lines estab 
lished by the Secretary of War. 

2. That this permission shall not be construed as granting to the 
applicants any exclusive control over, or any authority to collect tolls 
on, any navigable waterway of the United States. 

3. That the work herein permitted to be done shall be subject to 
the supervision and approval of the Engineer Officer of the United 
States Army in charge of that locality. 

WITNESS my hand this 14th day of January, 1896. 

DANIEL LAMONT, 


Secretary of War. 


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COPY OF LETTER FROM SUBSIDY COMMITTEE TO ABSENT 

LAND OWNERS. 


...OFFICE OF... 

CITIZENS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

FOR SECURING 

South Canal Subsidy 

ROOM 409 BAILEY BUILDING 


I E. O. Graves, Chairman 
Jacob Furth 
F. D. Black 
I. A. Nadeau 
C. J. Smith 
Samuel L. Crawford 
W. D. Wood, Secretary 


Seattle, Washington, April 9 . 1 S 95 . 


Dear Sir: We enclose herewith copy of the prospectus of the pro¬ 
ject for constructing a ship canal into Lake Washington and for filling 
the Seattle Tide Flats, together with copy of the contract made by the 
State of Washington with Eugene Semple for said work. The carrying 
on to completion of this enterprise means the expenditure of from six 
to seven million dollars of Eastern capital in our city, as well as the 
giving of steady employment to large numbers of men for a term of 
years. To secure the advantages arising from this vast undertaking, 
it becomes necessary for Seattle to raise, a subsidy of $500,000 in land 
or money, to be paid after the work is completed. This subsidy is not 
a bonus, but a necessary provision for items of the project not provided 
for by the state law or state contract, to-wit: Lock, over $300,000; 
right of way; one draw bridge across N. P. R. R. and C. & P. P. S. Ry.; 
one draw bridge for electric car line, and road bridges, estimated at 
over $200,000. As all property will be directly benefitted, an appeal is 
made to you, as an owner of property in this locality, to assist in the 
raising of the required subsidy by filling out and signing the enclosed 
blank note or tne land contract. 

This is a very popular movement here. All local people and inter¬ 
ests are responding enthusiastically and doing their full share. 

\ • 

The subsidy committee are anxious to close their labors as speedily 
as possible so that actual work on the canal may begin, and we con¬ 
fidently hope that you will respond at once proportionally to the extent 
of your interests here. 

Any further information you may desire will be most cheerfully 
given. Please favor us with a reply. 

Very r cordially yours, 

CITIZENS’ EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

By W. D. WOOD, Sec’y. 



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COPY OF SUBSIDY NOTE. 

$ 100 . 00 . 

Seattle, Wash., April 26th, 1895. 

FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of one dollar to me in hand paid, 
the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and in further considera¬ 
tion of the excavation and completion, by the SEATTLE AND LAKE 
WASHINGTON WATERWAY COMPANY (a corporation duly organ¬ 
ized and existing under the laws of the State of Washington), its suc¬ 
cessors or assigns, of a SHIP CANAL connecting ELLIOTT BAY with 
LAKE WASHINGTON, according to the terms and conditions of a cer 
tain contract (now of record in the office of the Auditor of King 
County) entered into by the State of Washington, by its duly authorized 
agent (the commissioner of public lands), and Eugene Semple, on 
October 27th, 1894, for the excavation and completion of the East 
Waterway and the Canal Waterway into Lake Washington, therein 
described, which contract requires the completion of said work within 
six (6) years from the said 27th day of October, 1894, unless the time 
for the completion thereof shall be extended by the State of Washing¬ 
ton, upon a showing of due diligence on the part of the parties con¬ 
structing same, according to the terms of the law under which said 
contract was made, and which said contract has been duly assigned tc 
said SEATTLE AND LAKE WASHINGTON WATERWAY COMPANY. 
I, John Doe, hereby agree and promise to pay to the order of said 
SEATTLE AND LAKE WASHINGTON WATERWAY COMPANY, its 
successors or assigns, at the office of said company in the City of Se¬ 
attle, Washington, the sum of one hundred dollars, at the date of the 
completion and formal opening of said SHIP CANAL for the passage 
of vessels, from Elliott Bay into Lake Washington, according to the 
terms and conditions of said contract with the state of Washington, 
with interest thereon at the legal rate from the date of such comple¬ 
tion and formal opening until paid; PROVIDED, that unless said ship 
canal be constructed and completed strictly according to the terms 
and provisions of said contract with the State of Washington, then 
this obligation shall be null and void. 

JOHN DOE, 


REPORT OF COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO APPRAISE SUBSIDY. 

TO THE SEATTLE AND LAKE WASHINGTON WATERWAY COM¬ 
PANY, SEATTLE: 

Gentlemen: The undersigned, requested by you to act as a com¬ 
mittee of appraisement upon the value of the land and notes offered 
by the citizens of Seattle and King County as a subsidy to aid in the 
construction of your proposed ship canal from Elliott Bay to Lake 
Washington, beg to report that pursuant to your request we met on 



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April 24th last and organized and elected Jacob Furth of our committee 
as chairman and D. N. Baxter as secretary; that we have held frequent 
sessions from time to time since our organization until the completion 
of our work on this date; that there have been submitted to us about 
2,486 subscriptions, aggregating a face total of $548,923, $501,323 being 
payable in cash and $47,600 in land; that we have considered separately 
the responsibility and character of each subscriber and also the value 
of each tract of land separately; that on account of notes whose value 
was in our judgment small or uncertain, or on account of a lack of in¬ 
formation as to some subscribers, and on account of deductions made 
by us from values placed on land subsidy by the subscribers, we have 
made an aggregate deduction of $37,380.50, leaving a net total of 
$511,542.50; that in our judgment the subsidy so submitted to us is 
safely worth said sum of $511,542.50. 

Respectfully submitted, 

J. FURTH, 

Chairman. 

WM. D. WOOD. 

A. P. MITTEN. 

S. L. CRAWFORD. 

D. E. DURIE. 


LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS TO THE SUBSIDY GRANTED BY CITI¬ 
ZENS OF SEATTLE TO THE SEATTLE AND LAKE WASHINGTON 
WATERWAY COMPANY. 


Below will be found the names of the public-spirited and liberal 
citizens of Seattle who contributed to the contingent subsidy granted 
to the Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Company in 1895: 

Abb, Frank ..$ 25 00 


Abrams, R. 2,000 00 

Adair, Geo. B. 250 00 

Adams, Geo. E. 100 00 

Adis, Albert . 50 00 

Adsit, C. II. 300 00 

Agassiz, R. 100 00 

Agassiz, Berry & Co. 100 00 

Abrenstedt, Hans . 200 00 

Albertson, R. B. 100 00 

Albrecht, C. T.. ... 50 00 

Alexander, G. N. 250 00 

Alford, M. L . 100 00 

Algar, Henry S . 500 00 

Aladio, Peter . 250 00 

Allan, Robert S . 50 00 

Allen, Alexander J., Jr. 50 00 

Allen, J. H. 250 00 

Allen, J. W. 100 00 

Allen, J. C. 100 00 

Allen, John B. 500 00 

Allen & Nelson Mill Co. 250 00 

Allen, S. W. 25 00 


Allen, Watson . 500 00 

Albertson, Theo . 100 00 

Allis, Leonard G. 50 00 

Allison, II. C. 50 00 

Almond, Alice A. 200 00 

Aim, Rudolph . 500 00 

Almquist, Louis . 100 00 

American Lumber & Shingle 

Co . 600 00 

Ames, George. 100 00 

Amunds, A. 500 00 

Anderson, Steffin. 25 00 

Anderson, A. 100 00 

Anderson, A. C. 1,000 00 

Anderson Bros. 100 00 

Anderson, C. M. 300 00 

Anderson, Frank L. 25 00 

Anderson, Ira R. 50 00 

Anderson, James . 50 00 

Anderson, J. L. 100 00 

Anderson, Joseph . 50 00 

Anderson, Oliver P. 100 00 

Anderson, P. A. 25 00 















































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Anderson, Peter . 25 

Anderson, W. S. 100 

Anglin, Mary A. 100 

Ankeny, R. V., Jr. 100 

Anthony, Ferdinand . 100 

Archibald, S. M. 100 

Argens & Schuck . 100 

Argus, The . 100 

Ariss, Louis . 50 

Armitage, J. A. 50 

Armstrong, Charles . 250 

Arnoudts, C. A. 100 

Arper, E. D. 25 

Arthur, John . 250 

Ash, L. A. 150 

Askam, O. P. 100 

Aspinall, T. H. 50 

Atkins, Frank R. 100 

Atkinson, A.\ . . . 50 

Atkinson, J. M. E. 300 

Atkinson, John D. 250 

Atkisson, Marsh . 100 

Auernheimer, Henry ....... 50 

Ausman, Frank A. 50 

Aust. George F. 100 

Austin, C. M. 100 

Austin Grain Co . 100 

Backus, M. F. 300 

Bacon, Geo. W.. . 200 

Bagley, Daniel . 100 

Bagbey, John S. 50 

Bailey, Gideon S. 100 

Bailey, Mark, Jr. 100 

Bailey, Thos. Jennings . 100 

Baillargeon & Co., J. A. ... 1,000 

Baker, A. J. 100 

Baker, F. W. 150 

Baker, Frederick R. 100 

Baker, Richard D. & Richards, 

Joseph S. 250 

Ball, Ancil B. 100 

Ballon, H. G. 100 

Bane, Thos. II. 50 

Bane, W. A. 50 

Bargquist, Matthias . 100 

Barker, Fred W. 100 

Barnard, Frank J. 100 

Barrett, Jerry . 100 

Barricklow, A. E. 50 

Bartell, G. H. 100 

Bartlett, George . 150 

Barto, R. W. 200 

Bates, Russell S. 250 

Battle, Alfred . 100 

Bauer, II. A. 100 

Bauman, Harry . 100 

Bausman, Frederick . 300 

Baxter, D. N. 500 

Bean, H. 100 

Beattie, William . 100 


Beck, H. A. 25 00 

Becker, Charles. 50 00 

Becker, E. 50 00 

Beckingham, Charles . 100 00 

Beckingham, George. 100 00 

Beckman, C. L. 100 00 

Beddow, W. L. 50 00 

Bell, A. V. 100 00 

Bell, Francis A. 500 00 

Bell, J. R. 25 00 

Bellew, Edward . 50 00 

Belond, Wm. 350 00 

Beman, Nathan . 100 00 

Bemberg, W. H. 25 00 

Bemiss, J. M. 100 00 

Benedict, S. G. 100 00 

Beninghausen, G. 100 00 

Bennett, B. E. 50 00 

Bennett, Charles Nelson.... 100 00 

Bennett, Geo. E. 100 00 

Bennett. J. E. 100 00 

Bennett, James G. 50 00 

Bennett, R. H. 50 00 

Benson, Charles . 100 00 

Benton, M. P. 100 00 

Benzonhofer, D. G. 100 00 

Berkman & Bro., J. 250 00 

Bernharut & Anderson . 300 00 

Bernard, John F. 100 00 

Berry, Francis S. 150 00 

Berry, F. E. Graham . 100 00 

Berry, George . 100 00 

Berton, B. A. 50 00 

Best, A. W. 100 00 

Bickerton, Edward G. 100 00 

Bieneck, Chas. 50 00 

Bierseth, P. 1. 25 00 

Bigelow, H. A. 100 00 

Bigelow, I. N. 500 00 

Bingel, Albert . 100 00 

Bird, Frank W. 100 00 

Birkel, A. M. 50 00 

Bissell, Enoch . 25 00 

Black, C. A. 400 00 

Black, Frank D. 2,000 00 

Blake, Jed G. 200 00 

Blaker, Reginald C . 100 00 

Blackistone, James T. 100 00 

Blakney, Clement . 50 00 

Blakney, G. M. 25 00 

Blanchard, C. P. 50 00 

Blase, Wm. 100 00 

Bloch, Wilhelm . 100 00 

Blodgett, Frank 1. 250 00 

Blowers & Dineth . 65 00 

Blunck, F. T. 1,000 00 

Blyth, John R. . .. 200 00 

Boardman, G. W. 100 00 

Boynton, F. F. 100 00 

Boarman, Frank B. 500 00 


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Boddy, Francis . 10 00 

Boehme, C. F. 0. 50 00 

Boesken, A. 50 00 

Bogan, Gus . 100 00 

Bogue, G. F. 100 00 

Bolink, E. 200 00 

Bond, H. G. 1,000 00 

Bonney & Stewart . 500 00 

Booth-Wkittlesey-Hanford Ab¬ 
stract Co . 500 00 

Borchers, L. S. 100 00 

Borella, Anthony . 100 00 

Bories, Emil . 100 00 

Borough, R. 25 00 

Borst, John A. 500 00 

Borton, A. E. 100 00 

Bosley, Oliver . 10 00 

Boss, J. E. 50 00 

Bostian, H. T. 30 00 

Bothell, D. C. 50 00 

Bothell, George . 50 00 

Bouley, Julian . 55 00 

Bowden, Edmund . 250 00 

Bowen, C. A. 50 00 

Bowers, C. E. W. 25 00 

Bowhay, C. W. 100 00 

Bowker, C. Paget . 100 00 

Bowker, H. W. 100 00 

Bowman, A. C. 100 00 

Bowman, S. L. 500 00 

Boyd, David . 100 00 

Boyd, J. M. 100 00 

Boyd, Thomas. 100 00 

Boyd, W. F. 50 00 

Boyd & Co., W. P. 1,000 00 

Boyden, J. E. 500 00 

Boyer, James T. 50 00 

Boyle, Henry. 1,000 00 

Boyle, Neal . 100 00 

Braas, G. H. 50 00 

Brace, J. S. 100 00 

Bradbury, I. H. 50 00 

Bradeen, A. R. 100 00 

Bradley, George E. 40 00 

Bradley, T. F. 200 00 

Bradner, C. G. 200 00 

Brady, Edward . 100 00 

Bragg, E. H. 25 00 

Branagan, Matt . 100 00 

Brand, Adolph L. 50 00 

Brand, August . 100 00 

Brand, G. 100 00 

Brandt, G. 100 00 

Brandt, Peter . 100 00 

Brannen, John . 50 00 

Braun, John S. 100 00 

Brawley, D. C. 5,000 00 

Bray, Chas. E. 100 00 

Bredemeyer, J. A. 0. 100 00 

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Briggs, B. F. 200 00 

Brinker, Win. H. 500 00 

Britain, Geo. W. 100 00 

Bromley, Henry C. 100 00 

Bromley, Thomas . 100 00 

Bronson, Ira . 150 00 

Brookes, A. M. 1,000 00 

Brooks, Frank . 100 00 

Brooks, H. E. 25 00 

Brooks, J. B. 50 00 

Brotherton, A. 100 00 

Brown, Amos . 3,000 00 

Brown, Edw. II. 50 00 

Brown, Felix . 100 00 

Brown, Geo. M . 50 00 

Brown, Gus . 200 00 

Brown, J. Edgar . 50 00 

Brown, Jas. F. 100 00 

Brown, James Hawthorne... 25 00 

Brown, John . 100 00 

Brown, P. ioo 00 

Brown, R. A. 100 00 

Brown, R. R., & Mollie. 50 00 

Brown, Thos. S. 50 00 

Brown, Watson II. 100 00 

Brown, F. W. 50 00 

Bruce. M. M . 50 00 

Brunn, Simon . ioo 00 

Brunner, W. II. 50 00 

Bruns, Harry . 50 00 

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Brunsing, Louis . 25 00 

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Brydges, Wm. R. 50 00 

Buchan, J. A. 50 00 

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Buchanan, John . 25 00 

Buck & Co., F. A. 300 00 

Buckhorn, E. G. 25 00 

Budden, W. R. 25 00 

Budlong, G, E. ioo 00 

Bull, Wm. 100 00 

Budene, Geo. W. 200 00 

Bullene, H. H. ioo 00 

Burbank, E. A. 50 00 

Burch, G. A. 200 00 

Burdic, G. L. 50 00 

Burg, Hubert . 25 00 

Burian, Gottlieb . 100 00 

Burke, T. II. 100 00 

Burkland, E. 0. 50 00 

Burns, Arthur . ioo 00 

Burns, F. J. 300 00 

Burns, Geo. L. 100 00 

Burns, John . 1,000 00 

Burns, Peter . 150 00 

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Burrows, Frank . 25 00 

Burt, Herbert L. 25 00 

Bushnell, J. S. 25 00 

Butler, Robert W. 25 00 

Butler, Tobias . 100 00 

Butler & Son, W. F. 50 00 

Butterwortk, Charles N. 25 00 

Butterworth, E. R. 100 00 

Butterworth, Fred R.. 25 00 

Butterworth, Gilbert M. 50 00 

Buty, Frank .. . 150 00 

Cade, Alfred . 50 00 

Calm & Cohn . 100 00 

Cain, H. A. 50 00 

Cain, Lands.. . 50 00 

Caine, Elmer E. 250 00 

Cairns, John S. 25 00 

Caldwell, R. G. 50 00 

Caldwell, Wm. 100 00 

Caldwell, William J. 100 00 

Caldwell, W. M. 100 00 

Calhoun & Co . 200 00 

Calhoun, W. C. 250 00 

Callahan, John . 25 00 

Callahan, R. C. 100 00 

Calligan, M. J. 100 00 

Calvert Co., The . 300 00 

Calvert, Ephraim . 50 00 

Calvert, J. H. 200 00 

Campbell, James . 250 00 

Campbell, James . 450 00 

Campbell, John . 1,000 00 

Campbell, J. A. 650 00 

Campbell, Thos. H. 200 00 

Campbell, William . 1,000 00 

Campbell & Co., William- 200 00 

Cann, T. H. 200 00 

Cann, T. H., Jr. 100 00 

Cannon, H. B. 100 00 

Cantrell, W. R. 25 00 

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Carkeek, William . 100 00 

Carle, T. J. 100 00 

Carlisle, Samuel S . 100 00 

Carlson, C. H. 50 00 

Carlson, Charles A. 200 00 

Carlton, C. E. 100 00 

Carman, G. C. 100 00 

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Carman, Sira . 25 00 

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Carr, H. Wills . 50 00 

Carr, John H. 100 00 

Carr, N. A. 15 00 

Carr, Wm. J. 25 00 

Carraher, M. M. 100 00 

Carroll, Harry W. 50 00 


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Carson, II. 100 00 

Carstens Bros. 250 00 

Carter, John II. 100 00 

Carter, M. J. 50 00 

Case, G. L. 50 00 

Casey, Ben . 100 00 

Cash Buyers’ Association.... 100 00 

Caspers, James . 50 00 

Cass, J. F. and Matilda. 100 00 

Castleman, H. W. 100 00 

Catlin & Fearl . 100 00 

Cattell, N. J. 25 00 

Catulo, Castagnietta . 500 00 

Caughrean, Geo. H. 100 00 

Cavanaugh, A. B. 100 00 

Cavanaugh, M. L. 1,000 00 

Cayton, H. R. 100 00 

Chaffey, A. E. 100 00 

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Chalk, W. T. 200 00 

Chamberlin, A. B. 100 00 

Chamberlin, Ellen J. 50 00 

Chamberlin, Frank .*. 200 00 

Champoux, E. 100 00 

Chandler, B. 100 00 

Chapin, Eugene . 100 00 

Chapin, Herman . 1,000 00 

Chapman, Geo. W. 50 00 

Chase, Clarence E. 10 00 

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Chase, Reuben L. 25 00 

Cheasty, Edward C. 250 00 

Chellis, W. L. 25 00 

Chesley, W. R. 150 00 

Chester, F. 100 00 

Chestnut, L. E. 50 00 

Chilberg, Benjamin A. 100 00 

Chilberg, Nelson . 100 00 

Chiodo, Peter . 500 00 

Chisholm, R. A. 250 00 

Chisholm, Wm. 100 00 

Cliopard, L. 100 00 

Christ, John and Maria. 100 00 

Christensen, N. 100 00 

Cliristianer, F. 100 00 

Churchill, F. A. 100 00 

Cicchini, Eugenis . 50 00 

City of Paris . 250 00 

Clancy, George E. 50 00 

Clancy, Thomas . 750 00 

Clapp, Cyrus F. 250 00 

Clarli-Harris Co . 100 00 

Clark, J. B. 100 00 

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Clark, Robert S. 50 00 

Clarke, W. H. 50 00 

Classen, Mich . 75 00 

Clausen, B. A. 50 00 

Claussen, H. J. 100 00 

Cleaves, F. D. 50 00 

Cline, William . 50 00 

Clinto Stone & Coal Co., Ltd. 1,000 00 

Clise, J. W. 250 00 

Cloes, Adolph . 150 00 

Closson, J. H., & Millie. 100 00 

Clymer, H. V. 10 00 

Coats, Baker N. 25 00 

Cobb, C. H. 200 00 

Coblentz, D. & A.: . . .. * 100 00 

Cochran, Jesse F. 50 00 

Cochrane, William . 000 00 

Codrick, W. H. 200 00 

Coffman, Wm. M. 500 00 

Cohen, A. L. 50 00 

Cohen, A. 100 00 

Cohn, E. 1. 100 00 

Cole, E. II.'. 100 00 

Cole, Irving T. 100 00 

Cole, J. H. 25 00 

Colegrove, A. B. 100 00 

Cobelle, Gastano . 50 00 

Coleman, C. C. 25 00 

Collins, John . 5,000 00 

Collins, Josiah . 150 00 

Collins, S. J. & Alzada. 200 00 

Collot, Edward . 50 00 

Colsky, D. 100 00 

Colvin, O. D. 100 00 

Combs. E. 100 00 

Combs, Sherman G. 50 00 

Compton, Theodore H. 25 00 

Compton & Co., J. 500 00 

Conant, A. W. 250 00 

Cone, W. B. 200 00 

Conner Bros. 100 00 

Conner, H. S. 250 00 

Conning, A.• 50 00 

Connor, R. C. 50 00 

Conrad, Milo G. 100 00 

Conroy, Dennis . 50 00 

Conway & Bogart . 100 00 

Conway, J. K. 50 00 

Conway, Jorseph P. 100 00 

Conway, Martin . 50 00 

Cook, J. W. 25 00 

Cook, Ralph . 25 00 

Coons, John. 50 00 

Cooper & Levy . 350 00 

Copeland, W. W. . 25 00 

Copestick, Wm. 25 00 

Copeland, George II. 150 00 

Copeland, William . 100 00 

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Coppin, C. 200 00 

Corbett, S. G. 50 00 

Corey, Rufus C. 50 00 

Corfee, E. D. 100 00 

Corliss, C. W. 200 00 

Coryell, G. Iv. 100 00 

Cosh-Murray Co . 500 00 

Cotterill, George F. and 

Cora R. 1,000 00 

Coughlin, John . 100 00 

Cowan, M. F. 50 00 

Cowan, E. J. & M. E. 50 00 

Cowie, W. II. 100 00 

Cox, M. A. 100 00 

Coyle, M. Iv. 25 00 

Cotton, J. G. 100 00 

Couvery, John . 150 00 

Crabtree, I. J. 100 00 

Craig, A. A. 100 00 

Craig, T. B. 50 00 

Crane, Chas. E. 100 00 

Crane, Geo. W. 100 00 

Cranston, J. R. .. 500 00 

Craven, E. E. 50 00 

Crawford & Conover . 1,000 00 

Crawford, Frank . 50 00 

Crichton, J. E. 150 00 

Crocker, C. H. 50 00 

Crockett, J. S. 100 00 

Crockett, S. D. 100 00 

Cross, Daniel T. 100 00 

Crouch, R. G. 100 00 

Crowley, T. L. 50 00 

Culman, D. A. 25 00 

Cunliffe, G. A. 50 00 

Currie, J. W. 300 00 

Curtis, George . 50 00 

Curtis, Geo. H. 100 00 

Curtiss, Mrs. P. L. 300 00 

Cushing, E. A. 400 00 

Cyr, Fred . 25 00 

Dahl, Peter . 25 00 

Dahlquist, O. 1*. 100 00 

Dakoglon, C. 50 00 

Dallin, Abe ...» . 100 00 

Dallin, Otto . 100 00 

Damus, Julius . 50 00 

Damus, R. 100 00 

Danel, Frank . 25 00 

Daniels, Rees P. 100 00 

Daoust, Joseph . 50 00 

Dashley, Fred W . 100 00 

Davega, Joseph . loo 00 

Davidson, Angus . 50 00 

Davidson, D. W. 50 00 

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Davidson, Innes L. 50 00 

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Davidson, S. II. 

Davies, Griffith . 

Davis, David Thos. 

Davis, H. C. 

Davis, Herbert II. 

Davis, John . 

Davis, Norman . 

Davis, Simon . 

Davis, W. H. 

Dawson, Lewis R. 

Day, B. F. 

Day, John S. 

Dean, C. A. 

Dean, W. J. 

Dean, W. S. 

Dearborn, B. B. 

Dearborn, W. F. 

Dearborn, W. W. 

De Groat, Grant C. 

Deitchler, Wm. 

Delfel, George C. 

Delfel, Wm. 

Delia, Louis . 

Demanez, E. 

Demartini, G. 

De Neuf, Emil. 

De Paoli, Louis. 

Descbner, Theodore . 

De Steiguer, G. E. 

Detwiler, Eugene . 

Devet, Harry . 

Devine Shoe Co., C. P. 

De Voe, Arthur. 

Dexter Horton & Co. 

Dexter Horton & Co., trustee. 
Diamond Ice & Storage Co. . . 

Dietz, Chas. 

Diller, Leonard . 

Dimock, Bennet & Co. 

Dines, John . 

Dishon, .. 

Dockar, John J. 

Doheny, Jerald J. 

Donald, Harry C. 

Donihue, J. .. 

Donnett, C. W. 

Donworth, George . 

Doran, Frank . 

Dore, John Fairfield. 

Dorfel, George . 

Dorn, Henry . 

Dorr & Co., Jno. 

Douglas, Henry W. 

Dowd, James B. 

Downey, Patrick . 

Downie, C. E. 

Downing, Edward B. 

Downs, M. E. 

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Drew, Thomas . 100 00 

Drinkle, B. F. 50 00 

Drisko, H. B. 50 00 

Druel, Arthur C. 25 00 

Drumm, Otto . 50 00 

Drummond, R. II. 100 00 

Dubbs & Goodwin, Inc. 150 00 

Ducharme, Geo. A. & F. T. . . 2,000 00 

Dudley, Robt. W. 25 00 

Duke, Charles A. 100 00 

Durnmel, F. Wilhelm . 20 00 

Dunbar, A. D. 25 00 

Dunn, Isaac M. 100 00 

Dunn, Roscoe . 50 00 

Dunne, J. J. 50 00 

Dupe, Peter . 25 00 

Durant, H. W. 50 00 

Durie, David E. 2,500 00 

Duwamish Dairy Co . 500 00 

Dyck, John A. 25 00 

Dyer, Mary Pontius . 250 00 

Eagan, Frank . 500 00 

Eagleson, Jas. B. 250 00 

Fames, R. M. 100 00 

Earles, Michael . 200 00 

Easter, W. W. 100 00 

Eaton, H. II. 100 00 

Eaton, W. R. 50 00 

Eckerly, G. A. 100 00 

Eckhardt, Charles . 50 00 

Eden, A. M. 50 00 

Edsen, E. P. 200 00 

Edwards, A. C. 200 00 

Edwards, C. Iv. 50 00 

Edwards, Herman H. 300 00 

Edwards, J. W. and Elizabeth 750 00 

Efaw, J. W. 100 00 

Efer, Mm. 100 00 

Egan, John . 250 00 

Egbert, Curtis . 50 00 

Ehle, P. L. 50 00 

Richer, John . 100 00 

Lidner, Alfred Julius . 100 00 

Eldred, Iv. W. 77 77 

Ellieott, Salvador . 100 00 

Ellis, A. 10 00 

Ellis, M. P. 25 00 

Ellison, IV. E. 25 00 

Elsey, John C. 25 00 

Elsholz, Frank . 25 00 

Emerson, Geo. J. 50 00 

Emerson, Peter J. .. 150 00 

Emmons, Smith & Emmons. . 100 00 

Empire Jewelry Co., inc. . . . 300 00 

Endres, Richard . 50 00 

Engel, E. W. 100 00 

Engelbrecht, II. 100 00 

Engle, A. W. 300 00 

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Ensminger, Thomas . 100 00 

Entz, I. W. 250 00 

Epler, W. F. 1,000 00 

Ericksen, G. 100 00 

Eshelman, A. I). 300 00 

Evans, Charles N. 100 00 

Evans, II. 100 00 

Evans, W. W. 50 00 

Everett, Fred . 100 00 

Evers, Cecil C. 100 00 

Eversole, H. Clay . 50 00 

Ewald, Fritz . 25 00 

Ewing, II. S. 50 00 

Eyler. John G. 50 00 

Eyres, Walter . .. 100 00 

Faegre, K. G. 50 00 

Fait, C. P. 25 00 

Famous Clothing Co., The. . . 250 00 

Farmer, John E. 50 00 

Farnham, John . 275 00 

Farr, James A. 25 00 

Farr, T. R. 50 00 

Farran, R. F. 50 00 

Farrar, Bert . 25 00 

Farrar, Converse P. and 

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Farrar, David . 25 00 

Farrell, Jas. S.•. 100 00 

Farwell, G. D. 100 00 

Farwell, Marcella L. 200 00 

Faulkner, G. M. 100 00 

Fease, Albert & Fegeralond 

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Felitz Bros. 300 00 

Fennan, Michael . 100 00 

Ferari, Carlo . 50 00 

Ferguson, A. G. 100 00 

Ferguson, Charles L. 50 00 

Ferguson, F. A. 100 00 

Ferguson, Fred E. 100 00 

Ferrall, E. W. 150 00 

Ferry, E. L. 100 00 

Ferry, Elisha P. 1,000 00 

Finch, E. D. 50 00 

Finck, Wm. II. 100 00 

Finger, H. 200 00 

Finley, F. B. 100 00 

First National Bank . 2,500 00 

Firzlaff, Frank . 50 00 

Fischer Bros.. . 1,000 00 

Fischer, Eugene . 100 00 

Fischer, John B. 200 00 

Fishback, Charles Fremont. . 100 00 

Fisher, Geo. It. 100 00 

Fisher, J. B. and Mary W. . . 200 00 

Fitts, J. W. 25 00 

Fitzgerald, Jno. II. 50 00 

Fitzgerald, W. K. 100 00 

Fitzhenry, George W. 100 00 


Fitzhenry, Robert . 100 00 

Fleischer, H. J. 250 00 

Fleming, William C. 50 00 

Flint, Bixby & Co. 500 00 

Florida Cigar Co., The. 100-00 

Flynn, C. E. 25 00 

Flynn, Thomas F. 100 00 

Foies, E. N. 100 00 

Folger, P. 100 00 

Folger, S. B. 100 00 

Fook Kee Co. 20 00 

Foran, Thomas . 100 00 

Forbes, Joseph . 50 00 

Forehand Bros. 100 00 

Foresman, Chester L. 10 00 

Forrest, AY. R. 500 00 

Fortson, G. H. 100 00 

Foss, J. H. 50 00 

Foster, Charles R. 50 00 

Foster, F. W. 25 00 

Foster, James A. 50 00 

Foster, Joseph and Martha J. 500 00 

Foster, Jno. R. 100 00 

Foster, Minta . 200 00 

Fowler, E. B. 150 00 

Fox, J. E. 500 00 

Fox, R. L. 100 00 

Fox, Wm. J. 50 00 

Fransen, Wm. 50 00 

Frantz, O. F. 10 00 

Frederick, P. 150 00 

Frasch, Chas. F. .-. 100 00 

Fraser & Wilson. 500 00 

Frederick, D. E. 200 00 

Frauenthal Bros. 1,000 00 

Frederick, M. M. 100 00 

Frederickson, O. H. & Sall- 

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Freeborn, A. C. 25 00 

Freeland, S. M. 100 00 

French, S. 100 00 

Frew, F. H. 50 00 

Freyd, II. L. 50 00 

Friden, John . 50 00 

Friedman, J. B. 50 00 

Friedman, L. 50 00 

Friedman, N. 100 00 

Friend-Degginger Imp. Co.... 300 00 

Frink, J. M. 1,000 00 

Frisch Bros. 150 00 

Frisell, Chas. 100 00 

Fry A. C. 200 00 

Frye-Bruhn Co. 1,650 00 

Fuhrman, Henry. 2,500 00 

Fuhrmann, Otto . 150 00 

Fuller, Jesse A. 10 00 

Furry, Geo. W. 100 00 

Furth, Jacob . 2,200 00 

Furuya, M . 150 00 

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Gaebel, Win. 

Gagle, John II. 

Gagnon, James O. 

Galbraith, J. E. 

Gale, J. A. 

Galland, Caroline Kline . 

Galloway, M. B. 

Garbarino, G. 

Gardner, E. A. 

Gardner, George T. 

Gardner, J. D. 

Gardner & Mosier. 

Garrett, D. C. 

Garrett, Thomas A. 

Garretty, J. S. 

Garton, Alfred . 

Gasch, Charles J. A. 

Gasch, Fred . 

Gatch, Fred, Jr. 

Gatch, Thos. M. 

Gatzert-Schwabacher Land Co 

Gay, C. A. 

Gazzan, Warren L. 

Gee Lee & Co. 

Geertsen, C. 

Gehring, L . 

Geisler Bros. 

Genss, H. 

George Nicholas . 

Gephart, James M. 

Gibson, John L. 

Gibson, W. Arthur . 

Gilbert, Herman & Clara . .. . 

Gilbert, J. J. 

Gilbert, Louis . 

Gildemeister. Chas. 

Gilfillian, James . 

Gilham, F. G. 

Gill & Gill . 

Gilland, David .. 

Gillespie, Wm. 

Gilman, J. S. 

Gilman, L. C. ... 

Gibbons, P. 

Gilmore, David . 

Glasgow, Joseph M. 

Gleason, Pat . 

Gleason, W. II. 

Gleeson, James . 

Glen, John . 

Globe Wall Paper Co. 

Godfrey, G. M. 

Godwdn, J. W. 

Golay, John & Mary E. 

Goldberg, Louis. 

Golden Rule Bazaar Co. 

Goldfarb, D. 

Golding, Fred . 

Goldstein Hat Co., The. 

Good, John E. 


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100 00 Gordon, J. B. 50 00 

50 00 Gordon, T. W. 100 00 

500 00 Gorham, W. H. 100 00 

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100 00 Graham, Lou . 100 00 

250 00 Graham, R. J. 50 00 

200 00 Graham, Walter . 100 00 

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50 00 Graves, W. 1. 50 00 

100 00 Gray, G. J. 50 00 

100 00 Green, Joseph L. 50 00 

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100 00 Greenleaf, Jos. T. 250 00 

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200 00 Griffin, G. G. 100 00 

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100 00 Griffith, L. A. .. 150 00 

25 00 Griffith, L. II. & Tiney W. . .. 500 00 

500 00 Griffith, L. J. 50 00 

50 00 Griffiths, Eliza J. 500 00 

100 00 Groll, Joseph . 100 00 

100 00 Grosse, Edward . 25 00 

100 00 Grozinsky, Z. 25 00 

500 00 Guarantee Loan & Trust Co... 1,500 00 

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500 00 Guldbrandsen, G. 50 00 

100 00 Gund, George F. 500 00 

400 00 Guse, Wm. M. 50 00 

150 00 Gutheil, C. Louis . 100 00 

50 00 Guy, A. E. 50 00 

250 00 Guy Bros. 100 00 

100 00 Guy, G. 0. 250 00 

100 00 Gutheil, C. R. 50 00 

100 00 Gyar, Wm. 25 0<) 

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Haines, Paul . 100 

Haines, Wm. B. 100 

Haisch, George . 250 

Ilaitz & Co., W. 100 

Iialbe, W. L. 50 

Hale, J. F. .. 500 

Haley Grocery Co., Inc. 200 

Haley, John. 100 

Hall, Geo. E. 300 

Hall, Geo. W. 250 

Hall, J. Arthur . 50 

Hall, Mary V. . .. 1,000 

Hall & Paulson Furn. Co. . . 1,000 

Hall, W. Finley. 350 

Hall, W. T. 250 

Haller Estate of G. Morris . . 2,000 

Haller, Granville 0. 1,000 

Haller, T. N. 250 

Hallock & Banfiekl. 100 

Ham, W. B. . 100 

Ilambach, A., Co. 500 

Hamburger, Carl . 25 

Hamilton, M. L. 100 

Hamlin, H. H. 3,000 

Hamlin, P. D. 250 

Hamm, Dietrick . 250 

Hammond, J. C. 50 

Hammond, M. F. 50 

Hand, James . 10 

Hanford, C. H. 1,000 

Hanford, Frank . 1,000 

Hanley, Alex M. 100 

Hanna, John W. 1,000 

Hannan, William A. 25 

Hansard, Sydney . 100 

Hansell, G. Frank . 50 

Hansen, Albert . 1,000 

Hansen, Chris . 100 

Hansen, George . 250 

Hansen, H. J. 100 

Ilarbaugh, De L. 350 

Hardin, Thomas B. 150 

Hardwick, F. H. 100 

Hardy-Hall Arms Co. 250 

Hardy Photo Studio . 100 

Ilarker, A. 100 

Harlan, J. S. 50 

Harlan, W. S. 100 

Harlum, Otto . 100 

Harms, D. . .. 200 

Harrington, W. A. 250 

Harris, E. M. .. 50 

Harris, Sigmund . 150 

Harris, S. C. 250 

Harris, William . 25 

Harrison, A. II. 100 

Hart, John . 100 

Hart, L. B. 100 

Hartig, Geo. 100 


Haskell, W. L. 200 00 

Hassenpflug, H. 100 00 

Ilastie, A. W. 100 00 

Hatfield, John A. 100 00 

Hathaway, S. D. 50 00 

Hatton, M. L. 50 00 

Ilavercamp, August . 200 00 

Hawkins, J. E. 50 00 

Hayden, James H. 50 00 

Hayden, James R. 500 00 

Hayes, F. B. 50 00 

Hayes, J. D. 100 00 

Hayes, Patrick C. 350 00 

Haynes, Manly B. 100 00 

Hays, W. F. 500 00 

Ilazelt’ne, Ben . 250 00 

Hay ter, W. J. 50 00 

Hazzard, Geo. 250 00 

Heath, T. II. 100 00 

Heaton, W. H. 100 00 

Hector, Edwin . 100 00 

Hegen, Robert . 50 00 

Heifner, C. G. 100 00 

Heinig, Emil . 50 00 

Ileinzerling, A. U. 75 00 

Helgensen, Geo. B. 100 00 

Hellenthal, Jose . 50 00 

Hellerich, C. 50 00 

Hempel & Furtwaengler .... 100 00 

Hemphill, Love & Co. 100 00 

Ilemrich, Alvin . 100 00 

Heinrich, Andrew . 5,000 00 

Ilemrich, John, Jr. 2,000 00 

Ilemrich, Louis. 100 00 

Heinrich, John, Sr. 2,000 00 

Ilemrich, William . 100 00 

Henderson, G. 250 00 

Henderson, P. 100 00 

Henderson, W. J. 100 00 

Hendricks, Bessie . 300 00 

Ilenneken, A. 50 00 

Hennig, Albert F. B. 50 00 

Henry, H. C. 1,250 00 

Henry, James . 100 00 

Henry, John F. 100 00 

Ilepler, C. R. 25 00 

Ilerkenrath, William . 100 00 

Herrick, Mrs. E. A. 10 00 

llerriman, Albert . 125 00 

Herrins, Bert . 25 00 

Heyer, Fritz . 25 00 

Hickey, Dan L. 50 00 

Hicks, Ira W. 100 00 

Hicks, W. D. 100 00 

Hill, Alice S. 1,000 00 

Hill, Charles . 100 00 

Hill, Clias. II. 100 00 

Hill, E. P. 200 00 

Hill, F. A. 250 00 

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Hill, Homer M. 

Hill, S. G. 

Hill Syrup Co. 

Hillman, John H. 

Hills, Chas. B. 

Hills, H. C. 

Hilt, Fred . 

Hilton, Fred. 

Hinchliffe, Edwin . 

Hinckley, T. D. 

Hindshaw, Henry II. 

Hippe, Max . 

Hixon, J. M. 

Hoar, J. L. 

Hodges, Lawrence K. 

Ilollseher, Bernard . 

Iloelscher, Henry . 

Hoenieka, Adam . 

Hoesleeh, Emanuel . 

lloesleck, Joe . 

Hogan, John . 

Holcomb, A. H. 

Holcomb, Chas. G. 

Holden, Z. T. 

Holland, J. H. 

Holloway, H. 

Holman, Thos. 

Holmes, C. A. 

Holmes, Samuel J. 

Holt, J. S. 

Holyoke, Richard . 

Hood, Mary T. 

Hood, Thomas . 

Hooper, Chas. W. 

Hopkins, It. M. 

Horse Shoe Printing Co. 

Horton, E. 

Horton, Geo. M. 

Horton, Julius & Annie E.. . . 

Hosle, Andreas . 

Houghton, E. W. 

Hourn, C. C. 

Houts, George W. 

Hovik, S. 

Howard, D K. 

Howard, W. II. 

Howe, Geo. L. 

Howe, James B. 

Howell, J. H. 

Howland, F. O. 

Hoyt, John P. 

Huh, The . 

Hubbard, Walter S. 

Hubbart, Judson C. 

Hubbell, W. S. 

Huddleston, Edwin . 

Hughes, E. C. 

Hughes, Edwin . 

Ilulsetlier, L. 

Hume, Hugh . 


250 00 Humphrey, W. E. 100 00 

200 00 Humphries, John E. 300 00 

100 00 Hunt, A. B. 50 00 

25 00 Hunter, Frank T. 350 00 

25 00 Hunter, S. 50 00 

50 00 Huntoon, John . 500 00 

50 00 Hutchinson, Wm. 25 00 

25 00 Hutton, John . 500 00 

200 00 Hughes, J. W. 500 00 

500 00 Ilirig, A. 100 00 

100 00 Inveracity, Duncan G. 100 00 

10 00 Irving & Cannon . 100 00 

100 00 Isham, A. E. 50 00 

50 00 Iverson, F. A. 25 00 

100 00 Ivey, E. 100 00 

25 00 Jackson, A. 100 00 

25 00 Jackson, D. B. 1,000 00 

300 00 Jackson, D. W. 25 00 

100 00 Jackson, George B. 100 00 

100 00 Jackson, J. A. 100 00 

25 00 Jackson, W. H. 50 00 

50 00 Jacobs, Hiram J. 100 00 

50 00 Jacobs, Louis . 25 00 

100 00 Jacobsen, Jno. P. 50 00 

100 00 Jacobs, 0. 250 00 

100 00 Jacobsen, Gust . 100 00 

50 00 Jacobson, F. L. 250 00 

100 00 Jaffe, Nathan . 10 00 

500 00 Jaffe, L, . 350 00 

100 00 Jager, Fr. 50 00 

500 00 James, Fred . 50 00 

200 00 James, John . 50 00 

200 00 James, Wm. 100 00 

100 00 Jamieson, Alex. . .. 100 00 

250 00 Jarvis, Peter . 100 00 

25 00 Jefferson, E. II. 100 00 

25 00 Jenkins, G. G. 25 00 

100 00 .Tenner, Chas. Iv. 200 00 

1,000 00 Jennings, W. J. 250 00 

25 00 Jennings, W. S. 50 00 

200 00 .Tenns, L. H. 50 00 

25 00 Jensen, Ed. S. 50 00 

25 00 Jensen, Fred. 100 00 

50 00 Jensen, William . 250 00 

.1,000 00 Jex, Stephen . 100 00 

50 00 Jobst, Frank . 100 00 

100 00 Johnson, A. 0. 100 00 

150 00 Johnson, C. A. 25 00 

100 00 Johnson, Conrad . 25 00 

100 00 Johnson, E. 25 00 

500 00 Johnson, E. G. 200 00 

250 00 Johnson, F. A. 25 00 

25 00 Johnson, Frank . 50 00 

100 00 Johnson, Fred . 50 00 

25 00 Johnson, J. 100 00 

25 00 Johnson, J. C. ' 25 00 

500 00 Johnson, John .; 10 00 

200 00 Johnson, John E. 100 00 

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Johnson, Swan A. 20 

Johnston, E. W. 100 

Johnston, Robert . 50 

Johnston, Wm. 25 

Johnstone & Speer . 100 

Johnstone, F. C. 3 00 

Jones, Alex. R. 100 

Jones, David . 100 

Jones, E. J. 25 

Jones, Edwin W. 50 

Jones, Elijah . 200 

Jones, George . 50 

Jones, Geo. M. 50 

Jones, Harry . 25 

Jones, H. F. 100 

Jones, Humphrey . 250 

Jones, John . 50 

Jones, Lloyd . 100 

Jones, M. F. 100 

Jones, O. S. 100 

Jones, R. S. 250 

Jones, R. W. 50 

Jones, T. E. 500 

Jones, T. J. 150 

Jong King & Co. 100 

Jordan, F. M. 100 

Jordan, J. Eugene . 500 

Jordan, Mrs. M. K. Low .... 100 

Josenlians, T. 50 

Joslin, Falcon . 100 

Joynt, C. W. 100 

Jurey, John S. 100 

Ivahaley, J. L. 200 

Ivahle, J. W. 100 

Kahn, Julius . 100 

Kakeldy, Charles . 500 

Kalberg, Charles . 100 

Kalberg, Oscar . 50 

Ivalling, Gustave . 50 

Kanouff, R. 50 

Karns, C. F. 10 

Kasson, Arthur L. 100 

Kaufman, D. 250 

Kautz, Jos. A. 100 

Kearney, Daniel . 100 

Keeler, Frank A. 100 

Keene, F. A. 100 

Keene Mercantile Co. 250 

Keevan, Della . 100 

Iveevan, John . 50 

Keith, Wm. C. 250 

Kelleher, John . 50 

Ivelleher, Daniel . 100 

Kelley, James T. 50 

Kelley-Sutthoff Co. 100 

Kellogg, Chas. W. 25 

Kellogg, David and Anna L. 2,000 

Kellogg, E. L. 25 

Kellogg, Gardner & Sarah A. . 500 

Kellogg, M. V. 200 


nal and Harbor Improvement. 


Kelly, Chas. E. & Loie A. . . . 100 00 

Kelly, Chet W. 50 00 

Kelly, Frank . 100 00 

Kelly, George . 250 00 

Kelly, John . 100 00 

Kelly, John E. 50 00 

Kelley, Michael . 100 00 

Kelsey, H. E. 100 00 

Kemps, A. S. 50 00 

Kempster, Thomas L. 250 00 

Kendall, E. P. 50 00 

Kennah, E. 100 00 

Kennedy, D. C. 100 00 

Kennedy, Geo. T. 25 00 

Kennedy, J. H. 50 00 

Kenney, Jessie . 1,250 00 

Kenney, John . 150 00 

Kenworthy, Mary E. 350 00 

Iverl, F. L. 150 00 

Kerns, R. 200 00 

Kerry, A. S. 300 00 

Kibbe, A. B. 100 00 

Iviltz, W. C. 100 00 

King, Albert . 100 00 

King, Edmund . 50 00 

King, G. II. 50 00 

King, S. D. 200 00 

Kinghorn, Frank J. 50 00 

Kingston, John . 50 00 

Kinnear, George & Angie C.. . 6,300 00 

Ivinnear, J. R. & Rebecca. . . . 1,500 00 

Kinney, D. S. 50 00 

Kirk, Patrick & Minnie .... • 20 00 

Kiris, Patrick . 50 00 

Kirkland Land & Imp. Co. . . 6,400 00 

. Kirkwood, Wallace W. 150 00 

Kirsc-hner, F. 2,000 00 

Kirchner, Gust . 50 00 

Kistler, A. 50 00 

Kitchen, C. W. 500 00 

Kittinger, George 15. 500 00 

Klein, C. . . .. 50 00 

Kline, H. D. . 100 00 

Kline & Rosenberg . 500 00 

Klinger, Frederick . 100 00 

Ivlodt, Louis . 75 00 

Ivloeber, J. S. 100 00 

Knapp, Frank II. 100 00 

Ivnaust, Albert . 50 00 

Knust, Henry . 100 00 

Koch, William A. L. 100 00 

Koehler, John C. 50 00 

Ivoerber, Jacob & Isabella ... 125 00 

Koester, Moritz . 100 00 

Koons, J. H. 100 00 

Korn, Isaac . 100 00 

Kossuth, Caspar . 100 00 

Ivracht, Yorkim . 100 00 

Krape, James S. . 20 00 

Krause & Linsler . 200 00 


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Krause, 0. 25 

Ivreielsheimer Bros. 250 

Kriegel, Emil . 53 

Kriegk, G. F. M. 150 

Ivriete, Henry H. 50 

Krome, Max . 150 

Kropf, Fred . 25 

Kuhlmann Bros. 100 

Kyler, II. A. 100 

Laack, William . 250 

Ladd, John A. 200 

Lafayette, G. A. 100 

Lake Union Furniture Mfg. 

Co., The . 100 

Lamb, John . 50 

Lambuth, W. D. 100 

Lamont, Richard . 100 

Lamoreux, R. J. 100 

Landes, Henry . 100 

Landon, Walter E. 10 

Landstrom, John A. 50 

Lane & Connelly . 500 

Lane, James F. 50 

Lang & Co., J. M. 150 

Langell, Louis . 50 

Langer, J. F. 50 

Langland, S. S. 100 

Langley, J. W. 100 

Lanigan, James . 25 

Lanigan, John T. 50 

Lansing, G. Ver Plank . 50 

Larkin, Wm. J. 100 

Larned, C. 0. 25 

La Roche, F. 50 

Lassen, E. J. 100 

Latham, Chas. W. 25 

Lathrop, Austin . 200 

Latimer, N. H. 500 

Latona Land & Mtge. Co., The 500 

Latt, Alfred . 25 

Larin, Ed. 50 

Lawrence, J. P. 100 

Layhue, J. M. 100 

Leach, John . 50 

Leary, John . 5,000 

Leathern, Thomas . 50 

Leddy, James . 250 

Lee, Edward F. 100 

Lee, Frank P. 100 

Lee, James . 200 

• Lee, T. II. 100 

Leed, B. F. 50 

Lehman M. J. 200 


Leibly, Chas. F. 

Leithead, It. B. 

Lakve, N. T. 

Lemm, Math II. 

Lemman, Edgar . 

Lemon, John . 

Lenont, Grant E. 


Lentz, C. F. 50 00 

Lessey, L. M. 50 00 

Lester, S. S. 100 00 

Leveny, Jeanie . 200 00 

Levy, Banj. C. 100 00 

Levy, Jacob . 100 00 

Levy & Co., M. 250 00 

Lewis Bros. 1,000 00 

Lewis, E. K. 25 00 

Lewis, Howard II. 1,000 00 

Lewis, J. R. 500 00 

Lewis, Jas. Hamilton . 150 00 

Lewis, Wm. F. 100 00 

Lewis, William II. 150 00 

Leiske, J. G. 100 00 

Lillico, It. E. 100 00 

Lillis, F. J. 300 00 

Lilly, Bogardus & Co. 300 00 

Lindquist. Frank . 100 00 

Lindsay, Annie B. 100 00 

Lindsay, R. H. 100 00 

Lindsay, Thos. 100 00 

Lindsay, Myra B. 50 00 

Lindsay, Wm. L. 50 00 

List, George S. 100 00 

Littell, Thomas T. 50 00 

Littlefield, H. W. 100 00 

Livermore, C. B. 150 00 

Lloyd, J. W. 100 00 

Lobe, Mrs. E. 250 00 

Lock, J. H. W. 100 00 

Lock, John . 100 00 

Lohse, Henry . 300 00 

Lombardini & Guecchi. 100 00 

Long, M. 200 00 

Loose, Robert . 25 00 

Louch Augustine & Co. 1,000 00 

Lounsbury, C. E. 20 00 

Love, James . 50 00 

Lovett, H. R. 100 00 

Low, Thos. A. 50 00 

Lowman & Hanford Sty. & 

Ptg. Co. 1,000 00 

Lowman, J. D. 2,200 00 

Loyhed Tinware Co. 750 00 

Leuben, Alfred . 50 00 

Lufsky, Paul _1. 25 00 

Lugrin, Chas. II. 100 00 

Lumbard, D. A. 150 00 

Lundberg, A. T. 50 00 

Lurie, Ike . 100 00 

Lusby, Robert L. 100 00 

Luschner, Otto E. 100 00 

Luther, II. P. M. 50 00 

Lutz, Martin J. 100 00 

Lynch, C. E. 100 00 

Lynch, Jas. H. 75 00 

Lynn, William . 100 00 

Lyon, Geo. G. 200 00 

Lyon, John M. 300 00 


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Lyons, Ernest S. 100 00 

Lytle, N. K. 50 00 

Lytle, Wrn. R. 50 00 

Maass, P. 50 00 

Macdonald, J. J. 50 00 

Macdonald, John . 100 00 

Macdougall & Southwick Co.. 1,000 00 

Mack, A. 100 00 

Mackay, E. A. 100 00 

Mackinnon, A. H. 10 00 

Mackintosh, A. 500 00 

Macpherson, Nelson . 100 00 

Maddocks, M. R. 1,000 00 

Madison, W. B. 100 00 

Maede, Thomas . 100 00 

Maginnis, M. 100 00 

Maidment, R. W. 25 00 

Mailer, D. J. 75 00 

Malmo, Chas. 50 00 

Maloney, Wm. 50 00 

Maltby, C. M. & L. A. 100 00 

Manning, James . 50 00 

Manning, A. H. 100 00 

Manny, T. J. 25 00 

Mantz, Fred C. 50 00 

Maple, J. W. 500 00 

Marco, Fred -*.. 500 00 

Maring, C. C. 50 00 

Marino, Saverio . 250 00 

Mark Ten Suie . 75 00 

Markey & Co., H. 200 00 

Marshall, Burpee . 100 00 

Martin, H. G. 100 00 

Martin, N. H. 150 00 

Martin, Wm. 100 00 

Mason, J. B. 50 00 

Mason. Jas. F. 50 00 

Mather, John . 100 00 

Mathies & Co., II. 100 00 

Maud, Ann . 200 00 

Maud, W. H. 250 00 

May, E. R. 100 00 

Mayer, Leman S. 100 00 

Mayfield, Wm. S. 50 00 

Mavn. H. L. . 50 00 

Mayouck, Mike . 50 00 

Mazingue, Anna . 200 00 

McAdam, William . 25 00 

McAlister, Chas. 100 00 

McAllep, J. W. 200 00 

McAndrews, Martin . 250 00 

McBride, A. G. 100 00 

McCain, O. V. 100 00 

McCain, Faris . 200 00 

McCallister, A. 0. 100 00 

McCallister, J. W. H. 100 00 

McCargar, A. T. 100 00 

McCarthy, W. D. 200 00 

McCarthy, W. G. 100 00 

McCawley, T. J. 100 00 


McClaire, M. S. 50 00 

McClanahan, E. C. 100 00 

McClintic, E. D. 100 00 

McClure & JL>ass . 250 00 

McComb, F. E. 50 00 

McConnell, T. P. 50 00 

McCord, William . 50 00 

McCoy, I. A. 100 00 

McCoy, John . 100 00 

McCoy, R. W. 50 00 

McCullock, G. B. 100 00 

McCullock, William . 250 00 

McCune, M. A. 100 00 

McDaniels, D. A. 100 00 

McDermott, ,T. D. 250 00 

McDonald (Edward), D. II. . 50 00 

McDonald, Edward . 50 00 

McDonald, F. A. 250 00 

McDonald, Harry C. 50 00 

McDonald & Hoffman . 250 00 

McDonald, M. 200 00 

McDonald, W. A. 100 00 

McDonald, W. H. 100 00 

McDougall, E. C. 50 00 

McDougall, M. 500 00 

McElroy, Ellen . 100 00 

McElroy, Jas. F. 500 00 

McElwain, W. P. 100 00 

McFarland, C. J. 50 00 

McGee, B. J. 50 00 

McGee, John D. 25 00 

McGinnis, E. W. 250 00 

McGongle, John A. 25 00 

McGough, James . 100 00 

McGrath, II. B. 100 00 

McGraw, John II. 500 00 

McGuire, Hugh . 150 00 

McGuire, John S. 100 00 

Mclnnis, P. 100 00 

McIntyre, Chas. P. 100 00 

McKee, W. E. 250 00 

McKenzie, C. A. 500 00 

McKenzie, D. A. 1,000 00 

McKinlay, D. R. 350 00 

McKinlay, James & Jannat. . 700 00 

McLachlan, W.100 00 

McLaughlin, J. IJ. 100 00 

McLean, Alexander . 100 00 

McLean, K. D. 100 00 

McLean, Thomas II. I 00 00 

McLellan, E. L. 25 00 

McLellan, William . 100 00 

McMicken, Maurice . 500 00 

McMillan, W. D. 50 00 

McMillen, John A. 50 00 

McMonagle, George . 50 00 

McMullen, Thomas . 100 00 

McNamara, James . 200 00 

McNamara, Thomas J. 25 00 

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McNaught Land & Inv. Co... 2,500 00 

McNaught, J. F. 2,500 00 

McQuarrie, Bert . 10 00 

McSorley, H. J. 200 00 

McTaggart, F. W. 50 00 

McTeigli, M. 100 00 

Meacham, A. 25 00 

Meacham, George F. 100 00 

Meagher, Anthony . 100 00 

Meany, Edmond S. 100 00 

Meek, S. G. 200 00 

Meeker, H. II. 100 00 

Meem, Gilbert S. 200 00 

Mehaffey, Lou . 100 00 

Mehlhorn, August . 500 00 

Meister, Wm. 100 00 

Meldner, Chas. 25 00 

Merchants Delivery Co. 250 00 

Merchants National Bank ... 2,500 00 

Merkel, Horace E. 100 00 

Merkle, Wm. F. 50 00 

Merrill, A. A. 100 00 

Mertz & Russell . 100 00 

Merz, Frank J. 50 00 

Meseth, Charles . 50 00 

Mess. J. F. 30 00 

Meyer, Oswald F. 100 00 

Michaels, J. 25 00 

Michel, John . 150 00 

Michel, Julius . 100 00 

Mihran, M. B. 100 00 

Milan, D. J. 25 00 

Miles, J. J. 25 00 

Miller, Andrew H. 75 00 

Miller, Christian . 200 00 

Miller, G. A. 50 00 

Miller, J. B. 200 00 

Miller, J. C. 100 00 

Miller, Jacob . 100 00 

Miller, John F. 250 00 

Miller, Joseph L. C. 100 00 

Miller, Leander. 300 00 

Miller, Martha A. 100 00 

Miller, P. B. M. 500 00 

Miller, R. A. 50 00 

Miller, R. J. 250 00 

Miller, W. H. 25 00 

Miller, William Lewis. 25 00 

Mills, E. W. 100 00 

Mills & Masel . 100 00 

Milton Dairy Co. 100 00 

Miner, E. P. 100 00 

Minneapolis, The (Apartment 

House) . 300 00 

Misener, Geo. 250 00 

Mitchell, Chas. A. 200 00 

Mitchell, D. A. 100 00 

Mitchell, J. F. T. 100 00 

Mitchell, John T. 50 00 

Mitten, A. P. 500 00 


Moale, Adria M. Semple .... 75 00 

Mogdol, Henry . 25 00 

Mohr, T. F. 100 00 

Monheimer, 1. 50 00 

Monohon, C. M. 200 00 

Monroe, W. T. 50 00 

Mooers, J. E. 50 00 

Moon, George 1. 100 00 

Moore, Ed. L. 50 00 

Moore, J. E. 100 00 

Moore, Law L. 100 00 

Moore, Robert T. 50 00 

Moore, William Hickman . . . 250 00 

Moreton & Dahlem. 100 00 

Morrill, Gustavous A. 400 00 

Morris, J. C. 50 00 

Morris, J. P. H. 150 00 

Morris, Will H. 200 00 

Morrison, Ellis . 200 00 

Morrison, James E. 100 00 

Morrissey, D. W. 100 00 

Morse, John S. 200 00 

Morse, W. A. 100 00 

Morton, Percival B. 100 00 

Moses, I. E. 50 00 

Moulter, J. H. 25 00 

Mow, Lung Co. 25 00 

Muccilli, Carmin . 25 00 

Mueller, John . 150 00 

Muhl Paint Co., Gustave .... 100 00 

Muhl, Harry . 100 00 

Mulcahey, Chas. 300 00 

Muldoon, F. M. 100 00 

Mullen, F. P. 100 00 

Muller, Max . 50 00 

Munday, Chas. F. 100 00 

Munro, D. & E. M. 50 00 

Munro, Silas . 200 00 

Munson, M. 100 00 

Murphy, Margaret . 50 00 

Murphy, G. W. 50 00 

Murray, W. H. 100 00 

Mutschler, David . 25 00 

Myers, Robert . 200 00 

Myers, S. W. 100 00 

Nadeau, H. P. 100 00 

Nadeau, I. A. 250 00 

Nagle, George . 50 00 

National Bank of Commerce.. 2,500 00 

National Ice Co. 100 00 

Neagle, John L. 200 00 

Neally & Jensen . 100 00 

Neis, Phil . 100 00 

Neil, J. H. 10 On 

Nelle & Englebrecht . 250 00 

Nellis, Walter . 25 00 

Nelsen, Martin . 300 00 

Nelson, A. M. 50 00 

Nelson & Son, Andrew . 25 00 

Nelson, Bert . 50 00 















































































































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Nelson, Clias. 10 00 

Nelson, Hans . 100 00 

Nelson, W. B. 200 00 

Nelson, Nellie . 100 00 

Neswall, Vincent . 50 00 

Neuman, Wm. H. 100 00 

Neuman, Louis . 100 00 

Neumann, Chas. 200 00 

Neuman, Marie . 50 00 

Newell Milling & Mfg. Co_ 1,000 00 

New England Northwestern 

Inv. Co. 500 00 

Newhall, E. W. 500 00 

Newhall, William . 100 00 

Newlands, Geo. 150 .00 

Newmair, J. S. 10 00 

Newman, L. M. 50 00 

Newman, S. 50 00 

New York Kitchen, The. 50 00 

New York Sign Co. 100 00 

Ney, B. H. 25 00 

Nicholas, John . 100 00 

Nichols, Harry P. 200 00 

Nickerson, F. O*. 100 00 

Nicolay, 0. 50 00 

Niedergesaess, C. 100 00 

Niedergesaess, Robert . 250 00 

Niederhaensern, W. V. 20 00 

Nieharge, E. F. 250 00 

Niggle, John G. 100 00 

Nixon & McConnell . 300 00 

Noble, Frank A. 50 00 

Nogleberg, John . 50 00 

Nogleberg, Paul . 25 00 

Nommensen, H. F. 200 00 

Noon, Mike . 100 00 

Norager, Charles E. 250 00 

Nordhoff & Co. 250 00 

Norman Bros. 50 00 

North Seattle Pharmacy. 50 00 

Northwest Fruit Co. 250 00 

Norton, Emma . 100 00 

Novelty Mill Co. 500 00 

Noyes, John . 250 00 

Nunan, T. E. 25 00 

Nutt, P. C. 100 00 

Nyquist, Fred . 25 00 

Nyquist, N. J. 50 00 

O'Brien, Terence . 250 00 

Ogden, F. D. 100 00 

Ogden, Stephen . 100 00 

Ogle, B. 1. 25 00 

O’Hara, L. 200 00 

Olds, C. L. 100 00 

O’Leary, John . 50 00 

Oliphant, P. D. 100 00 

Oliver, J. L.. ... 100 00 

Olmstead, H. L. 100 00 

Olsen, A. H. 150 00 

Olsen, Peter . 25 00 


Olson, Neils . 100 00 

Olson, Donald B. 100 00 

Oltmann, John H. 50 00 

Olympic Lbr. & Shingle Co. .. 200 00 

O’Meara, Patrick . 250 00 

Orchard. R. E. 25 00 

Orteig, J. 150 00 

Orth, Adam . 250 00 

Osawa, Y . 100 00 

Osborn, Albert A. 50 00 

Osborn, F. H. 25 00 

Osborn, Richard . 200 00 

Osborne, Eben S. 250 00 

Osborne, Tremper & Co., Inc.. 500 00 

Osgood, C. W. P. 100 00 

Osgood, Frank II. 500 00 

O'Shaughnessy, John J. 25 00 

Osner, Charles . 100 00 

Osten, Anton . 50 00 

Osterhoudt, Fred . 50 00 

Ostrander, John Y. 250 00 

O’Toole, Wm. D. 250 00 

Owens, H. K. 300 00 

Oxendine, B. 25 00 

Pacific & Puget Sound Bot¬ 
tling Co. 500 00 

Pacific Market Co. 500 00 

Pacific Meat Co. 1,000 00 

Padley, P>. W. 50 00 

Palace Market Co. 300 00 

Palmer, A. L. 500 00 

Palmer, Dunlap & Whitaker.. 550 00 

Palmer, F. S. 100 00 

Palmer, Joseph B. 50 00 

Palmer, R. M. 50 00 

Parke, James . 500 00 

Parker, B. S. 50 00 

Parker, C. W. 25 00 

Parker, F. W. 100 00 

Parker, G. H. 50 00 

Parker, Isaac . 2,000 00 

Parkhurst, A. W. 50 00 

Parker, S. G. 100 00 

Parkhurst, Harriett S. 100 00 

_ arkhurst, R. F. 100 00 

Parsons, A. C.•. 50 00 

Parsons, William H. 50 00 

Patterson, Chares E. 50 00 

Paul, Frank . 100 00 

Payne, J. H. 25 00 

Payne, James B. 25 00 

Pearl, L. P. 50 00 

Pearson, Alfred. 25 00 

Pearson, Chas. 500 00 

Pease, H. H. 50 00 

Pease, Mrs. H. H. 50 00 

Pease, M. D. 125 00 

Peccard, D. 250 00 

Peebles, J. A. 100 00 

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Peirson, V. R. 50 

People’s Savings Bank . 1,500 

Peplan, Adolph . 25 

Perrigo, W. P. 250 

Perrigo, W. 100 

Perrot, Thomas . 100 

Teter, Jacob . 50 

Peters, H. M. 250 

Peters, James E. 50 

Peters, N. P. 25 

Peters, William A. 250 

Peterson, A. 100 

Peterson, A. A. 25 

Peterson, Fred II. 200 

Peterson, H. ■. 100 

Peterson, J. C. 100 

Peterson, O. W., & Bro. 250 

Peterson, Lars . 100 

Peterson, M. B. 100 

Peterson, N. S.. 50 

Peterson, Philip . 50 

Petkovits, R. 100 

Petronio, E. 100 

Petterson, Andrew . 10 

Peyser & Bro., M. 250 

Phelan, M. B.' 150 

Phelps, Byron . 250 

Phelps, G. A. 50 

Philips, William . 100 

Phillips, A. C. 250 

Phillips, A. W. 50 

Phillips,. G. D. 150 

Phillips, Nathan . 50 

Phillips, R. J. 200 

I'hinney, Nellie . 2,500 

Phipps, David W. 100 

Picard, Alphonse L. 25 

Pielow, W. II. 25 

Piggott, Benjamin . 50 

Piles, S. H. 500 

Pilman, W. T. 50 

Pinkney, A. II. 100 

Pioneer Printing Co. 100 

Pioneer Watch Repairing Co. 100 

x .per, A. W. 500 

Pittinger, Elias . 25 

Plaster, Philip . 750 

Plate Josie E. 25 

Plechner, Louis R. 100 

Plett, D. L. 25 

Plough, C. C. 100 

Police Relief Association.... 1,000 

Pollack, James . 250 

Folson-Wilton Hardware Co.. 150 

Pomeroy, Geo. A. 100 

Pond, Wm. S. 250 

Pontius, A. M. 350 

Pontius, Frank A. 450 

Pontius, L. H. and Hannah 

James . -00 


Pontius, Margaret J. 1,250 00 

Porter, R. W. E. 100 00 

Portland Cracker Co. 1,000 00 

Portway, R. C. 100 00 

Post, J. J. 250 00 

Powell, E. W. 50 00 

Power, Chas. 100 00 

Powers, E. J. 250 00 

Powers, J. B. 100 00 

Powles, Mary J. 100 00 

Prather, J. N. 100 00 

Prato. Loren . 50 00 

Pratt, A. W. 100 00 

Pratt & Riddle . 100 00 

Pratt, G. E. M. 50 00 

Pratt, John W. 250 00 

l'refontaine, F. X. 100 00 

Prentice, Andrew . 50 00 

Prentice, John . 50 00 

Presnail, L. M. 100 00 

Preston, George H. 200 00 

Preston, Harold . 300 00 • 

Preston, W. T. 250 00 

Price, F. N. 100 00 

Price, G. Willis . 100 00 

Price, W. W. 100 00 

Pritchard, Alfred James ... 50 00 

1’rosch, Chas. 100 00 

Prosser, w llliam F. 100 00 

Brovin & McKean . 500 00 

Pruessing, F. 100 00 

Puget Sound & Alaska Fish 

Co. 100 00 

Puget Sound Machinery 

Depot . 500 00 

Puget Sound National Bank. 3,000 00 

Pullen, Emmons W. 50 00 

Pundt, Benjamin . 50 00 

Purdy, P. A. 150 00 

Pusey, Y. A. 200 00 

Putnam, J. W. 1U0 00 

Quagliotti, Romano . . 250 00 

Queen City & Eureka Baking 

Co. 250 00 

Queen City Candy Co. 200 00 

Queen City Printing Co., Inc. 10U 00 

Queen City Trunk Factory . . 100 00 

Quig.ey, John . 50 00 

Quinn, Joseph . 50 00 

Quirk, J. P. 50 00 

Quong Chong & Co. 100 00 

Quong Tuck Co. 550 00 

Quong War Lung Co. 100 00 

Quong Tai & Co. 50 00 

Radcliffe, W. W. 100 00 

Rae, John . 50 00 

Raine, Wm. 25 00 

Ramsay, C. C. 100 00 

Randel, George H. 250 00 

Randolph, J. A. 100 00 


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Rapuzzi, G. 50 00 

Rardin, L. D. 100 00 

Rasmusson, Henry . 50 00 

Rathbun, S. F. 50 00 

Rauenzabn, D. 100 00 

Rausch, George . 50 00 

Rautman Bros. 100 00 

Ravera, Johon . 25 00 

Rawson, Z. B. 100 00 

Raymond, Geo. F. 200 00 

Reardon, P. J. 100 00 

Rebhahn, Peter . 50 00 

Reckers, C. W. J. 100 00 

Redelskeimer, J. 300 00. 

Reekie, R. J. 100 00 

Reeves, Ckas. F. 100 00 

Reid. Fred W. 50 00 

Reilly, D. 25 00 

Reinig, L. 200 00 

Deinman, Emil . 50 00 

Reliance Loan & Trust Co.. . 1,800 00 

Remick, Carroll and Grace N. 100 00 

Rex, J. M. 200 00 

Reynolds, E. H. 250 00 

Reynolds, H. 50 00 

Rheinlander, G. 50 00 

Rice, L. N. 200 00 

Richey & Co., A. J. 50 00 

Richman, II. 100 00 

Richmond Paper Co., H. N.. . 100 00 

Riehville, J. G. 100 00 

Riddle, C. A. 100 00 

Rideout, Con A. 50 00 

Rinehart, W. V. 250 00 

Rinehart, W. V., Jr. 100 00 

Rines, John . 200 00 

Ripley, Asa E. 50 00 

Ripley, J. M. 100 00 

Riplinger. Jno. 100 00 

Ritchie Francis . 25 00 

Ritter, Sam . 25 00 

Roadhouse, Joseph . 100 00 

Robb, W. F. 50 00 

Robbins, P. Q. 100 00 

Robe, L. S. 100 00 

Roberts, J. Dallett . 100 00 

Roberts, Geo. and Joe. S. .. . 100 00 

Roberts, Thos. L. 100 00 

Robertson & Donovan . 150 00 

Robertson, William B. 1,000 00 

Robinson, Chas. 50 00 

Robinson, Chas. E. 50 00 

Robinson, Renel . 500 00 

Robinson, R. S. 100 00 

Robinson & Rowell . 250 00 

Rochester, Percy W. 200 00 

Rock, Thomas . 200 00 

Rockman, Alice . 100 00 

Rodgers, Alvin . 10 00 


Rodgers, John . 50 00 

Roe, Frank . 25 00 

Roesler, Frederick C. 50 00 

Rogers, Lyman II. 100 00 

Rogers, N. L. 100 00 

Rogers, Thomas M. 100 00 

Roll, Silas . 10 00 

Romine, J. C. 100 00 

Ronald, J. T. 550 00 

Roos, Chas. 100 00 

Rosenfelt, N. C. 50 00 

Rosnagle, James . 100 00 

Ross, A. L. 50 00 

Ross, E. J. 100 00 

Ross. Jack . 100 00 

Ross, Ralph II. 50 00 

Rossi, 0. 250 00 

Rothchild, Bros. 500 00 

Rothweiler, Mathilde P. 100 00 

Rounds, Edgar J. 100 00 

Rounds & Co., P. R. 200 00 

Ruden, O. F. 100 00 

Rudy, D. G. 100 00 

Rumsey, John W. 100 00 

Rumsey, Miss Stockton. 100 00 

Runkel, P. L. 200 00 

Russell, F. B. 100 00 

Russell, Montgomery . 100 00 

Ressell, S. J. 200 00 

Rustad, H. R. 100 00 

Rutter, W. C. 50 00 

Ryan, Timothy . 100 00 

Saake, Chas. A. 100 00 

Sackman-Phillips Inv. Co... 5,000 00 

Sagmeister, John . 200 00 

Saintmyer, Chas. 50 00 

Saintmyer, Samuel . 50 00 

Salinger, Dora . 100 00 

Salmon, A. G. 50 00 

Sander, Fred E. 5,000 00 

Sanders, E. G. 200 00 

Sanders, T. P. 50 00 

San Francisco Dyeing and 

Cleaning Works. 100 00 

San Francisco Shoe Co. 500 00 

Sapp, Dexter T. 500 00 

Sartori, R. 1,000 00 

Sasaki, Alfred K. 50 00 

Sasaki, Charles . 300 00 

Sauer, D. 25 00 

Saunders, Charles W. 150 00 

Saussele & Menze . 100 00 

Sawtelle, Arthur M. 100 00 

Scandinavian American Bank 1,000 00 

Schacht, II. C. .. 150 00 

Schade, Oscar A. 100 00 

Schaeffer, Louis . 50 00 

Schaefer, Henry S. 100 00 

Schelderup, Marcus F. 50 00 

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Schenck, Fred II. 100 

Schettler, C. F. 100 

Scheuerman, Christian . 500 

Schiemann, Louis . 100 

Schlossmacher, Albert . 250 

Schlumpf, Joseph . 101 

Schmid, Vitus and Ida. 400 

Schmidt, Otto . 100 

Schmitz, Ferdinand . 250 

Schmitz, V. A. 100 

Schneider, Daniel . 800 

Sclmyder, Louis V. 450 

Schoenberg, J. A. 25 

Schoenle, R. W. 100 

Schofowitch Bros. 100 

Schlopp, Frederick . 100 

Schram, John . 500 

Schreiner, F. X. 100 

Schroeder, Adolph . 50 

Schroeder, H. A. 100 

Schryer, Wm. 100 

SchuleT, John . 50 

Schulze, II. 50 

Schuster, Chas. A. 100 

Schuster & Co. 100 

Schuster, Jacob . 50 

Schutt, A. H. 100 

Schuyler, Frank D. 250 

Schwabaclier Bros. & Co., Inc 1,000 
Schwabacher Hardware Co.. . 500 

Schwede, Ferdinand . 100 

Schwede, II. 10 

Schwede, Julius . 25 

Scoones, J. T. E. 450 

Scott, Charles G. 100 

Scott, F. E. 100 

Scott, Henry W. and Jennie L 300 

Scott, Ira A. 20 

Scott, W. T. 200 

Scullin, Maria . 100 

Scurry, John G. 1,000 

Seagrave, A. A. 200 

Seattle Abstract Co. 200 

Seattle American District 

Tel. Co. 300 

Seattle Brick & Tile Co. 1,000 

Seattle Cycle Co. 100 

Seattle Gas & Electric Light 

Co. 1,000 

Seattle & Puget Sound Pack¬ 
ing Co. 250 

Seattle Boat & Launch Bldg. 

Co. 100 

Seattle Brewing & Malting Co 10,000 

Seattle Bridge Co. 500 

Seattle Dry Dock & Shipbuild¬ 
ing Co. 3,000 

Seattle Electric & Gas Fix¬ 
ture Co. 100 

Seattle Hardware Co. 3,500 


Seattle National Bank. 1,G50 00 

Seattle Newsboys’ Union .... 25 00 

Seattle Outfitting Co. 250 00 

Seattle Soap Co. 200 00 

Seattle Trading Co., Inc. 300 00 

Selby, Christine . 100 00 

Selig, S. 600 00 

Seller & Co., M., Inc. 400 00 

Semple, Eugene . 5,000 00 

Semple, Eugene L. 50 00 

Semple, Mary Ethel . 26 23 

Semple, Zoe A. 25 00- 

Severance, C. E. 50 00 

Severance, G. G. 25 00 

Seymour, E. S. 100 00 

Shafer, Frank . 100 00 

Shannon, James . 100 00 

Shannon, P. C. 100 00 

Shannon, R. T. 50 00 

Shannon, W. A. 100 00 

Sharp, James L. 200 00 

Sharp, L. B. 10 00 

Sharp, Wm. B. 25 00 

Sharpies, Caspar W. 100 00 

Shaubut, Harry. 100 00 

Shaw, B. R. 50 00 

Shaw, C. H. and Algar F. C. 500 00 

Shea, Daniel . 100 00 

Sheafe, C. M. 500 00 

Sheehan, Geo. 50 00 

Sheehan, Jas. 200 00 

Sheehan, John . 100 00 

Sheffield, W. M. 50 00 

Shelton, L. D. W. 100 00 

Sheppard, J. B. 25 00 

Shiach, D. J. 100 00 

Shibayama, Atoe . 100 00 

Shiffert, Irvin . 50 00 

Shing Chong Co. 150 00 

Shipley, E. A. 100 00 

Shipley, S. M. 100 00 

Shippen, Joseph . 100 00 

Shorey, O. C. 250 00 

Shorey, S. F. 25 00 

Shull J. A. 25 00 

Sidney, Margaret . 500 00 

Sidney Sewer Pipe & Terra 

Cotta Works . 2,500 00 

Siegley, E. E. 50 00 

Sifton, A. W. 250 00 

Sigel, S. S. 50 00 

Silliman, W. H. 100 00 

Silver, Harry . 100 00 

Silver Salmon Packing Co... 100 00 

Silverstone, Phil A. 50 00 

Silverthon & Co., M. 150 00 

Simon, Andrew . 50 00 

Simon, Sam . 25 00 

Simonson, De M. G. 50 00 

Simpson, Frederick G. 100 00 


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Singerman, P. 250 

Sintz, Geo. 25 

Sirony, Henry .; 50 

Sisters of Charity of Provi¬ 
dence Hospital . 150 

Skillings & Corner . 100 

Slauson, H. B. 100 

Sloan, Samuel . 1,250 

Slorah, James T. 200 

Small, S. J. 100 

Smith, A. L. 50 

Smith & Kennedy. 150 

Smith & Smith, Inc. 250 

Smith, Clarence A. 100 

Smith, C. B. 250 

Smith, C. J. 50 

Smith, Chas. R. 25 

Smith, E. D./. 500 

Smith, Eben . 100 

Smith, Everett . 400 

Smith, F. M. 100 

Smith, G. H. and Elizabeth. . 100 

Smith, Geo. A. 200 

Smith, Geo. H. 50 

Smith, H. F. 100 

Smith, J. C. 100 

Smith, J. H. 25 

Smith, J. J. 100 

Smith, James Van Alen. 100 

Smith, J. W. 20 

Smith, Lyman . 25 

Smith, Stewart E. 500 

Smith, V. Hugo . 100 

Smith, W. II. 100 

Snyder, Albert M. 100 

Soderberg, J. A. 100 

Soderberg, W. H. 100 

Soelberg, A. H. H. 50 

Sohns, Louis . 500 

Solberg, M. 0. 50 

Soper, Alfred II. 100 

Soule, John r. 100 

South Park Land & Imp. Co. 1,000 

South Seattle Land Co. 1,000 

Southard, Frank S. 200 

Spahr, Reuben. 50 

Spangenberg, G. F. 50 

Spaulding, A. P. 250 

Spelger & Hurlbut . 250 

Spellman, D. B. 100 

Spencer-Clarke Co. 250 

Spencer, J. C. & M. J. 10 

Spencer, L. D. 100 

Spencer, R. R. 200 

Spicer, B. M. 50 

Spink, C. E. 50 

Spray, Lafayette . 50 

Springer, A. M. 200 

Springer, Aug. II. 50 


Sproul, William . . . . 10 00 

Spurr, James . 250 00 

Squire, Watson C. 2,000 00 

Stadlmann, John . 50 00 

Standard Furniture Co. 300 00 

Stanley, W. P. 100 00 

Stedman, Livingston B. 100 00 

Steele, Frank A. 100 00 

Stenheiser, Ike . 100 00 

Steinle, David . 50 00 

Stenstrom, Oscar . 250 00 

Stephen, James . 50 00 

Stephens, W. J. 200 00 

Stetson & Post Mill Co. 1,000 00 

Stetson Bros. 300 00 

Stetson, G. W. 500 00 

Stevens, C. F. 100 00 

Stevens, Hiram . 50 00 

Stevenson, W. J. 200 00 

Steves Bros. 50 00 

Stewart & Brimston . 50 00 

Stewart & Co., S. B. I(j0 00 

Stewart & Holmes Drug Co.. 1,000 00 

Stewart, Dan. 25 00 

Stewart, E. G. 25 00 

Stewart, James G. 200 00 

Stewart, R. F. 300 00 

St. George, Arthur . 100 00 

Stillson, Hamilton . 100 00 

Stinson, F. L. 250 00 

Stolting, C. F. 50 00 

Storm, M. A. 100 00 

Stratton, J. A. 250 00 

Strickland, F. N. 50 00 

Strohl, Wellington . 100 00 

Strom, John 0. 50 00 ' 

Strong, J. B. 50 00 

Strudwick, R. C. 75 00 

Struve, F. K. 100 00 

Struve, H. G. 500 00 

Stuart, L. J. 50 00 

Stuart. R. S. 25 00 

Sulbach, Charles . 50 00 

Sullivan, Jeremiah . 50 00 

Sullivan, J. J. 25 00 

Sullivan, John . 1,000 00 

Sullivan, P. J. 25 00 

Summers, M. T. 100 00 

Sundborn, P. W. 50 00 

Surber, W. H.se. . . 500 00 

Suter, C. T. 25 00 

Sutherland, W. 100 00 

butter, David . 200 00 

Sutton, Samuel . 50 00 

Sutton, W. C. 100 00 

Swanberg, Chas. 50 00 

Swetland, Wm. J. 25 00 

Sweeney, E. F. 1,000 00 

Sweeny, C. M. 25 00 

Symonds, C. W. 100 00 


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Tacoma & Roche Harbor Lime 

Co. 100 00 

Talarico, Domenico . 150 00 

Talbott, W. H. 250 00 

Tallmadge, Hiram . 25 00 

Tallman, Boyd J. 100 00 

Tanner, J. E. 100 00 

Tanner, Thomas . 100 00 

Tarbell, George II. 50 00 

Tarnow, Harry . 5- 

Tate, Samuel . 100 00 

Tatro, Freeman . 100 00 

Taylor, Edward R. 25 00 

Taylor, Emma . 100 00 

Taylor, Herbert W. 100 00 

Taylor, Isaac . 50 00 

-aylor, J. L. 1,000 00 

Taylor, J. M. 100 00 

Taylor, Wm. 50 00 

Tayler, Wm. H. 100 00 

Teacbnor E. E. & S. J. 100 00 

Teater, M. M.. 300 00 

Tennant, Selah . 100 00 

Tenney, John M. 100 00 

Tenny, Lewis E. 100 00 

Tenny* Lewis II. 100 00 

TeRoller, H. 25 00 

Terry, Charles T. 1,000 00 

Terry, Ed. L. 1,000 00 

Terry, John Y. 200 00 

Thatcher, Geo. W. 50 00 

Thedinga, N. II. 100 00 

Thoeming, W. 10 00 

Thoen, Nils E. 100 00 

Thom, G. A. 25 00 

Thomas, James . 100 00 

Thomas, J. II. 250 00 

Thompson, A. C. 100 00 

Thompson, Geo. E. 100 00 

inompson, Geo. M. 25 00 

Thompson, L. E. 100 00 

Thompson, Will H. 100 00 

Thompson, Wm. L. 50 00 

Thoresen, Th. 50 00 

Thornthwaite, Mrs. Ed. 50 00 

Thornton, II. G. 50 00 

Thornton, J. W. 25 00 

Thumm, Henry F. 50 00 

Thurston, C. C. 250 00 

Thurston County Abst. & 

Title Grte. Co. 150 00 

Tickle, W. T. 100 00 

Tietjens, Fred . 25 00 

Tiffany, C. II. 25 00 

Timmerman, A. T. 50 00 

Todd, Oscar . 100 00 

Toklas, Ferdinand . 500 00 

Topping, Joe II. 100 00 

Torre, Lorenzo . 50 00 

Toubhance, Frank . 150 00 


Trabucatto, Simon . 200 00 

Treen & Co., L. A. 500 00 

Treen, O. J. 500 00 

Trefren, John P. 50 00 

Tsupuno, II. M. 100 00 

Turnbull, J. D.:. 50 00 

Turner, C. W. 250 00 

Turner, E. A. 500 00 

Turner, II. S. 200 00 

Turner, J. N. 100 00 

Turner, L. 500 00 

Turner, W. L. 50 00 

Tweamir, W. II. 50 00 

Twichell, F. A.*. 200 00 

Twiehell, Fred S. 50 00 

Twombly, Frank . 50 00 

Tyler, W. B. 100 00 

Uder, Wm. 100 00 

Union Electric Co. 2,000 00 

Upper, D. A. 100 00 

Upper, Herbert S. 100 00 

Upper, J. W. 50 00 

Upton, Walter . 100 00 

Utley, David . 50 00 

Vaas & Co., Geo. M. 50 00 

Vail & Hubbell . 300 00 

Van Alstyne, Chas. G. 100 00 

Van Asselt, Henry . 900 00 

v an Brocklin, J. W. 1,000 00 

Vanderven, Ed. 100 00 

Van De Van ter, A. T. 1,000 00 

Van Horn, John . 50 00 

Van Houten, B. C. 100 00 

Van Wyck, Crittenden. 50 00 

Variety Iron Works. 200 00 

Vene, N. 20 00 

Vermurier, A. 150 00 

Vestra Posten . 100 00 

Viele & Co., H. M. 250 00 

Vilas, C. E. 100 00 

Vincent, Samuel II. 100 00 

Vinnedge, Alvin P. 100 00 

Virtue, Geo. A. 100 00 

Voelker, George . 50 00 

Voland, E. 50 00 

Voll, C. II. 50 00 

Vossen, Theodor . 50 00 

Wa Chong Co. 1,200 00 

Wa Hop . 20 00 

Wahl, Paul .'. 100 00 

Waldo, S. S. 25 00 

Walker, Cyrus . 1,000 00 

Walker, Geo. W. 100 00 

Walker, I. I. 50 00 

Walker, S. 100 00 

Walker, Wm. 500 00 

Wallace, Everett D. 100 00 

Wallace, J. II. 25 00 

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Walsh, David . 50 

Walsworth, C. B. 100 

Walter, M. H. 50 

Ward, Charles C. and Mary E 200 

Ward, D. B. 500 

Ward. F. C. and Mrs. F. C.. . 300 

Ward, Geo. F. 100 

Ward. J. A. 100 

Wardell, W. W. 250 

Warner, A. D. 550 

Warner, Daniel . 100 

Warren, J. B. 100 

Warren, J. M. 50 

Washburn, Ii. C. 250 

Washington Dental & Photo 

Supply Co. 200 

Washington Rubber Co., Inc.. 500 
Washington Shoe Mfg. Co... 100 

Waters, Charles . 550 

Watson, A. B. 50 

Watson, Chas. 100 

Watson, Jas. II. 100 

Watson, Wm. P. 200 

Wanghop, John W. 200 

Way, E. W. 100 

Way, Frank T. 250 

Wayland, C. L. 250 

Wallingford, J. N. 250 

Webb & Co., Inc. 500 

Webb, H. Watson . 100 

Weber, Chas. 50 

Weber, J. 50 

Webster, Geo. E. 50 

Webster, M. E. 1,500 

Weed, Chas. E. 250 

Weed, James . 50 

Wegert, Julius . 250 

Weinberg, Joseph . 100 

Weinhagen, P. 50 

Weir, James . 100 

Welch & Erickson. 50 

Welfare, Alfred . 150 

Wells, Ben. F. 100 

Wells, Geo. W. and Susan A. 500 

Wente, Charles . 125 

Wenzler, C. 50 

Wenzler, John . 200 

Wert, J. H. 50 

West, D. W. 100 

West, F. W. . 50 

West, James . 50 

West, John . 100 

Westberg & Childs . 100 

Western, Henry H. & H. II.. . 250 

Westlake, Elias . 50 

Wetmore, Frank . 20 

Wetmore, S. 500 

Whatmore, John . 25 

Wheeler, H. D. 50 

Wheeler, J. M. 150 


Whisler, M. M. 100 00 

White, Charles A. 1,200 00 

White, Clarence L. 100 00 

White, George . 100 00 

White, Phil E. 100 00 

White, S. A. 25 00 

White, W. H. 50 00 

Wlu.e. W. H. and Fulton, 

Walter S. . .. 500 00 

Whiting, F. B. 100 00 

Whitley, H. F. 50 00 

Whitlock, J. C. 100 00 

Whittington, J. Boring . 100 00 

Whittlesey, Wm. II. 200 00 

Whitworth, Geo. F. 150 00 

Wickstrom, Peter . 250 00 

Widmer, J. M. 100 00 

Wiestling, Frank B. 100 00 

Wiestling, J. M. 200 00 

Wilber, B. R. 100 00 

W ilcox, H. 250 00 

Wilder, George W. 100 00 

Wilder, Theophilus. 100 00 

Wilhelm, Anton . .. 25 00 

Wilhelm, Frklolin . 200 00 

Wilkes, P. S. 25 00 

Wilkins, Edwin . 25 00 

Willey Geo. J. 250 00 

Williams, A. J. 100 00 

Williams & Groat . 350 00 

Williams, Charles Du Cane . . 100 00 

Williams, Charles P. 25 00 

Williamson, J. L. 100 00 

Willis, M. W. 100 00 

Willis, Park Weed . 100 00 

W illis, Stephen P. 100 00 

Wilmot, L. A. 200 00 

Wilson, Charles L. 50 00 

Wilson, George R. 500 00 

Wilson, J. L. 25 00 

Wilson, J. M. 50 00 

Wilson, James H. 100 00 

Wilson, James R. 50 00 

Wilson, Jas. S. 500 00 

Wilson, John & Zipporah F. . 150 00 

Wilson, R. J. 50 00 

Wilson, W1 1. 100 00 

Wilson, Thomas II. 50 00 

Windsor, Rest . 100 00 

Windt, A. 50 00 

Wing, Frederick A. 200 00 

Winkler, B. A. 50 00 

Winkler, Fred . 100 00 

Winship Bros. Company .... 250 00 

Winslow, Henry C. 150 00 

Wlnstock, Melvin G. 275 00 

Winston, J. F. 25 00 

Winter & Harper . 200 00 

Wirth, George . 50 00 

Wise, R. H. 100 00 


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Wittier, E. F.. . 1,000 00 

Wittwer, J. J. 100 00 

Wolcott, J. It. 250 00 

Wolff, August . 100 00 

Wood, F. J. 100 00 

Wood, Lovett M. .. 100 00 

Wood, Lyman M. 350 00 

Wood, Robert . 100 00 

Wood. Wm.. . 100 00 

Wood, Wm. D. 1,500 00 

Woodhouse & Longuet. 100 00 

Woodruff, Frank M. aud Hat¬ 
tie M. 100 00 

Woods, Chas. 50 00 

Woollery, J. II.ae.. 1,000 00 

Woollery, W. B. 100 00 

Work, Matt . 50 00 

Work, Q. & M. 100 00 

Wright, Arthur A. 100 00 

Wright, George H. 100 00 

Wright, H. M. . 100 00 

Wright, John B. 100 00 

Wright, Samuel B. 100 00 


Wyckoff, A. B. 25 00 

Wyckoff, J. Van . 250 00 

AVyckoff, Ursula . 250 00 

Wyreng, Oty . 25 00 

Yancy, G. W. .. 500 00 

Yesler, Minnie G. .. 500 00 

Y r oung, Andrew B. 500 00 

Young, A. J. 100 00 

Young, Douglas. 200 00 

Young, Earl . 100 00 

Young, Edward . 50 00 

Young, Frank C. 150 00 

Young, George W. 1,000 00 

Young, M. H. 200 00 

Youngs, L. B. 100 00 

Zeissler Fedora . 50 00 

Zetler, H. 50 00 

Zetler, Rose . 50 00 

Ziebarth, A. E. 25 00 

Ziebarth, Edw. A. 50 00 

Zipse, Jakob . 50 00 

Zuber, Anthony . 50 00 

Zwick . 1 00 


Comparison of Cost Between Temporary Structures of Piles 
and Timbers and the Solid Fill Made by the 
Waterway Company. 

The cost of a wharf of piles and timbers ordinarily used 
at Seattle to sustain building's over the water is about $6820.00 
for each acre covered. 

The cost of the deepest fill made by the Waterway Com¬ 
pany is $6,819.56 per acre, or about the same as the wharf. 
The cost of the average fill is $4,425.99 per acre, or $2,394.01 
less than the wharf; and the cost of the lowest fill is $3,755-84 
per acre, or $3064.16 less than the wharf. These estimates are 
based on the use of unprotected piles. If protected piles are 
used the cost of the wharf will be very much increased. 

I11 addition to the advantage in cost, the wharf is only a 
temporary expedient, yielding to the ravages of the teredo in. 
a few years, while the fill is as solid as the upland, and will 
last forever. 

As every business man knows, the difference in insurance 
rates between structures on piles and solid ground is very 
great, and if a large area was covered with houses on piles the 
insurance companies would not write any policies at all. 

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unfilled tide land in the district north of the Canal waterway 
and east of the east waterway is $2,531.00 per acre. 

The value of the same lands when filled, as per estimates 
furnished the Waterway Company in 1894 by C. T. Conover, 
for Crawford & Conover; Robert Moran, Wm. D. Wood, J. 
W. George, J. M. Frink and Ellis Morrison, on an average, 
is $25,833.00. 

The operations of the Waterway Company, conducted 
by the aid of outside capital brought here and expended for 
labor and supplies, has, therefore, added $23,402.00 per acre 
to the values of the tide lands that have been filled. 

The total of all values thus created, up to date, is about 
$3,500,000. 

In the future the amount of filling will be largely in¬ 
creased. 


History of Seattle Ship Canal and Harbor Improvement. 


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Captain Symons’ Plans for Waterways and Canal at 
Seattle Adopted by Chamber of Commerce 

in 1894. 

The Board of State Land Commissioners, consisting of 
Hon. W. T. Forrest (ex officio), Hon. T. M. Reed and Hon. 
Erastus Brainerd, having under consideration, in the summer 
of 1894, the matter of harbor lines and waterways at Seattle, 
gave to all persons concerned an opportunity to be heard. 

The Seattle Chamber of Commerce, through one of its 
committees, composed of Messrs. Knox, Greene, Durie and 
Metcalfe, to whom were added Messrs. Burke and Gilman, 
had submitted a plan for harbor improvement which it was 
understood had been favorably considered by the State Board 
of Land Commissioners, but at a meeting of the Chamber 
of Commerce, held June 16, 1894, at which President E. O. 
Graves presided, it was stated that a new plan had been sub’ 
mitted by some one, and that said plan was about to be 
adopted on the strength of the representation that it em¬ 
bodied the views of the Chamber of Commerce. Those repre¬ 
sentations, as it was claimed, being without foundation, the 
President and Secretary of the Chamber were instructed to 
telegraph the Board of State Land Commissioners, asking 
for delay of a week in order that the matter might be inquired 
into. 

The delay being granted, the Chamber of Commerce, at 
its meeting on June 19,, 1894, listened to representations on 
behalf of two plans, one by Capt. T. W. Symons, and one 
by M. Stixrud, C. E. t 

As stated in the minutes of the meeting, “The trend of 
the opinion seemed to be strongly in favor of the plans sub¬ 
mitted by Capt. Symons,*’ and accordingly, on motion of Mr. 
E. F. Wittier, the offer of Capt. Symons to furnish a map 
of his plans was accepted, and a public meeting was called 
for the following Thursday for the purpose of considering it. 
On motion of Dr. Ramsey the Secretary was instructed to 
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The public meeting was held, as appointed by the Cham¬ 
ber, and from a two-column report thereof appearing iti the 
Post-Intelligencer of June 22, 1894, we make the following 
extracts: 

“The plan of waterways and harbor improvements pro¬ 
posed by Capt. T. W. Symons, to the State Land Commission 
ers, for Seattle harbor, was indorsed last evening at a largely 
attended meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and citizens 
generallv, which was held at the Chamber of Commerce 
rooms. The resolution indorsing the plans was adopted al¬ 
most unanimously, J. J. McGilvra, the mover of an amend¬ 
ment, casting the only opposing vote. 

“Before the meeting was called to order by Vice Presi¬ 
dent Thos. W. Prosch, of the Chamber of Commerce, those 
present inspected the two alternative plans, a blue print of 
the waterways proposed by Engineer M. Stixrud for the 
State Land Commission, and a tracing showing th*e plans of 
Mr. Stixrud and Capt. Symons. While the speakers did not 
spare criticism of Mr. Stixrud’s plans, they recognized that 
they had merit and did not detract at all from his high repu¬ 
tation as an engineer, but the weight of opinion was over¬ 
whelmingly in favor of the Symons plan.” 

“Vice President Prosch opened the meeting by stating 
its objects and reviewing the proceedings of the last meeting. 
The State Land Commission had asked the opinion of the 
citizens and they were at liberty to speak on the plans.” 

A long discussion then ensued, and at its conclusion the 
following resolution was adopted with only one dissenting 
vote: , 

“ ‘RESOLVED, By the Chamber of Commerce and the 
citizens of Seattle, in meeting assembled, that the plans of' 
waterways for the Harbor of the city of Seattle, including 
the Lake Washington waterway, suggested by Capt. T. W. 
Symons, to the State Board of Land Commissioners, be en¬ 
dorsed and approved, and that the State Board of Land Com¬ 
missioners are requested to adopt such plans forthwith.’ 

The Secretary of the Chamber, Mr. W. H. Whittlesey, as 
instructed by the meeting, then sent the following telegram 
to the Board of State Land Commissioners: 


H isto ry of Seattle Ship Canal and Harbor Improvement, 


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“Am instructed by resolution unanimously adopted to 
inform you that Chamber of Commerce and very large meet¬ 
ing of citizens advise and request you to adopt the plan for 
waterways in Seattle harbor submitted to you by Capt. Sy¬ 
mons, including canal waterway.” 

Mr. Stixrud’s plans did not include a canal waterway, and 
of that omission Hon. W. D. Wood remarked: 

“ That the filing of the harbor line map without any pro¬ 
vision for the canal running through the hill would be a 
public calamity.” 

The plans of Captain Symons, adopted as above, included 
the canal waterway and the canal through the hill to Lake 
Washington, and are the ones now being executed by the 
Seattle and Lake Washington Waterway Co. 











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